Rust StatisticsWorking papers on every public Rust server · 102,135 players now

Africa

Rust Statistics

ruststatistics.org · independent, not affiliated with Facepunch Studios

Online · checked 9m ago · 198.73.57.173:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Africa, reached at 198.73.57.173:28015. At the last check it held 0 of 30 places, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,327 of all servers, the top 69%. It last wiped 117d ago.

Keywordsrust server

Access. Launch Rust and join ‹ all servers

1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/300% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,327top 69%
Last wipe117d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–no wipe seen yet

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak
0123418:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
025507510018:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00
Figure 2: Server performance. 48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 69% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

5.2History

Table 2: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
No wipe seen yet.

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of Africa
Figure 4: The map: Procedural Map, size 4250, seed 1104. Open on RustMaps.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address198.73.57.173:28015
Region–
Max players30
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe4 Jul 2026, 12:28 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4250
Seed1104

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are rust community servers listed [2] and next Rust wipe times [3].

Table 4: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Intoxicated ZA Vanilla 3 - 01 OctAF · groups of 8+ · monthly · 18 on average19/150
Intoxicated ZA Vanilla 1 - 29 Oct - Just wipedAF · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 7 on average46/100
ServerZ Rust Monthly ZAAF · groups of 8+ · monthly · 1 on average3/50
Voodoo ZAAF · groups of 8+ · monthly · 1 on average0/100
KAKGENOEG NO KOS SOLO | DUO | TRIO zaAF · trio · monthly · 2 on average5/50
CORDEX NO KOS, SOLO, DUO, TRIOAF · trio · monthly · 1 on average2/100

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Does Africa perform well?

The server fps averaged 88 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 61. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 100,086 entities. The peak memory usage was 4,926 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2In which location is Africa based?

No region tag is published by Africa, but its name points to Africa. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. 198.73.57.173:28015 is its address.

A.3What is the reliability of Africa, and is it online?

Africa is online at this time. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 10 days 23 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were served, an availability of 99%. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Africa?

Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658 is the version that Africa runs, on Windows. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe timing

A.5When are wipes carried out on Africa?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes for Africa to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes place on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC and clears all Rust servers. The current world has been running for 117 days 5 hours.

Population

A.6What position does Africa occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, Africa holds #15,327, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

A.7How would you characterise the player activity on Africa?

At this moment 0 players are on Africa, which has 30 slots in total. Averaged across the last seven days, the population is 0 players.

Tags and filters

A.8How should the tags on Africa be interpreted?

gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp30 (Max players): It offers 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2631 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2631 to connect; cs156658 (Build): This server runs game build 156658; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set: these are the tags Africa publishes, and the server browser reads them. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.9Where can Africa be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust community servers, measured are the Rust Statistics lists that Africa fits. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Rules, settings, map

A.10Under what rules and settings does Africa operate?

The name of Africa states no gather rate. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. The server browser lists it under Community. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.11What is the map for Africa?

The game generates Africa's procedural map at size 4,250, from seed 1104. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

Connection

A.12How do you connect to Africa?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,gmrust,cs156658,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp30Max players. It offers 30 slots.
ts8Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
v2631Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2631 to connect.
cs156658Build. This server runs game build 156658.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Rust community servers listed. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.