Rusty Moose |US Small|

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Rusty Moose |US Small|, reached at 205.178.168.59:28010 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 26 of 200 places, against a seven-day mean of 28 and a peak of 81¹. It ranks #558 of all servers, the top 3%, and #96 in NA. It last wiped 27d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsofficial monthly wipes vanilla

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	26/200	13% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	28	peak 81, 48 h peak 35
Rank²	#558	top 3%; #96 in NA
Last wipe	27d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	7d 19h	Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

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

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).

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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 3% of all ranked servers, the top 5% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region

Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 19h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Wipe-day peak	507	players, last three wipes

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	7d 19h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	35d 19h	force wipefw

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 507, 4 hours in, with 184 in the queue.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:00fw27d ago	507+184	–	running	39

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 Rusty Moose |US Small| — Figure 5: The map: Moose Maps, size 4000, seed 1337.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`205.178.168.59:28010`
Region	NA
Max players	200
Group limit	8, the default
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	1 Oct 2026, 18:00 UTC
Hostname	small.us.moose.gg
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Moose Maps
Size	4000
Seed	1337

7Operator

29 servers publish a moose.gg hostname; the busiest are listed.

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, moose.gg.

Server	Status	Players
Rusty Moose \|US Mondays\|	online	499/500
Rusty Moose \|EU Mondays\|	online	361/500
Rusty Moose \|EU Monthly\|	online	182/250
Rusty Moose \|US Monthly\|	online	160/200
Rusty Moose \|Hapis Mondays\|	online	95/150
Rusty Moose \|EU Small\|	online	85/200
Rusty Moose \|EU Main\|	online	36/250
Rusty Moose \|US Biweekly\|	online	32/200

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are Rust servers in North America [2], official Rust servers [3], vanilla rust servers [4] and next Rust wipe times [5].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
Rustopia.gg - US LargeNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 134 on average	141/200
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 76 on average	78/400
RustLands \| Monthly Large \| No BP Wipe \| NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 63 on average	55/225
PICKLE DUO MONTHLY \| No BP Wipe \| Low Upkeep \| Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 38 on average	25/200
Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 34 on average	31/150
Rustoria.co - US Long PremiumNA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 31 on average	38/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Is the performance of Rusty Moose |US Small| smooth?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 30, with a minimum of 30. The highest number of entities it carried was 186,892, comprising buildings, deployables and all other objects. The peak memory usage was 5,346 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2What location does Rusty Moose |US Small| have?

In North America, according to its own listing, Rusty Moose |US Small| appears with the NA tag. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 205.178.168.59:28010 is its address.

A.3What is the reliability of Rusty Moose |US Small|, and is it online?

At the present moment, Rusty Moose |US Small| is online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 7 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were served, an availability of 100%. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for Rusty Moose |US Small|?

Rusty Moose |US Small| is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Linux operating system. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe timing

A.5When are wipes carried out on Rusty Moose |US Small|?

The only wipe for Rusty Moose |US Small| is the monthly force wipe. This server's next wipe coincides with the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which affects all Rust servers. 27 days 5 hours have passed since the current world was generated. A monthly wipe schedule is stated in the server's tags.

A.6How would you describe wipe day on Rusty Moose |US Small|?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 507 players. On the latest wipe the peak population came 4 hours after the wipe, with a queue of 184 additional players.

Population

A.7What is the rank of Rusty Moose |US Small| among Rust servers?

On player hours over seven days Rusty Moose |US Small| is #558, within the top 3% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #96.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on Rusty Moose |US Small|?

The current population of Rusty Moose |US Small| is 26, drawn from 200 slots. Over the last week the count averages 28 players and reaches 81 at its height. Averaging 34 players, 00:00 UTC was the busiest hour of the past 48.

Tags, lists

A.9By whom is Rusty Moose |US Small| operated?

The same operator most likely runs Rusty Moose |US Small| and 28 other servers we track, since both publish a moose.gg hostname.

A.10How should the tags on Rusty Moose |US Small| be interpreted?

Tags from Rusty Moose |US Small|, read by the game's server browser, are official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp200 (Max players): 200 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^v (Vanilla): This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered; NA (North America): The server browser lists this server under North America. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.11Where can Rusty Moose |US Small| be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Rusty Moose |US Small| fits are: Official Rust servers, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 25+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Settings and map

A.12Which settings and rules are in force on Rusty Moose |US Small|?

Its name carries no gather rate for Rusty Moose |US Small|. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. Listed as survival, the game mode is gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. It appears under Official in the game's server list. By its own label, vanilla, this is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.13What map is in use on Rusty Moose |US Small|?

The game generates Rusty Moose |US Small|'s procedural map at size 4,000, from seed 1337. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps. The name of the map is Moose Maps.

How to join

A.14What is the process for joining Rusty Moose |US Small|?

Enter client.connect 205.178.168.59:28010 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Its website can be found at https://moose.gg.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8.

Table 8: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
On Rust Statistics
official	Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.
Game
`gmrust`	Game mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
`mp200`	Max players. 200 slots are available.
`ts8`	Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
`v2635`	Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
`cs168909`	Build. Build 168909 is the one running.
`ptrak`	Networking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
`$r?`	Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Difficulty
`^v`	Vanilla. This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered.
Region
`NA`	North America. The server browser lists this server under North America.

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.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

Official Rusty Moose US Small Wipe Schedule - Map: Monthly @ Force Wipe - Blueprints: Monthly @ Force Wipe Join our Discord server for announcements and to get more involved with the community! https://moose.gg/vip https://discord.gg/moose Force wipes are always on the first Thursday of the month at 2pm EST / 19:00 London time.

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. Rust servers in North America. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Official Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Vanilla rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
[5]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.