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Rusty Moose |US Main|

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Rusty Moose |US Main|, reached at 205.178.168.84:28010 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 34 of 250 places, against a seven-day mean of 251 and a peak of 8951. It ranks #29 of all servers, the top 0.1%, and #4 in NA. It last wiped 6d ago on a published weekly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 29 October, 18:58 UTC, every Thursday at 18:58 UTC.

Keywordsofficial weekly wipes vanilla premium

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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.
MeasureValueNote
Players now34/25014% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean251peak 895, 48 h peak 84
Rank2#29top 0.1%; #4 in NA
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe315hThu 29 Oct, 18:58 UTC

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
025507510004:0013:0022:0007:0016:0002:00
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
01020304004:0013:0022:0007:0016:0002:00
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 0.1% of all ranked servers, the top 0.2% 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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep6 Oct12 Oct17 Oct23 Oct29 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: fixed weekdays

The next wipe is expected Thursday 29 October, 18:58 UTC, in 15h. Every Thursday at 18:58 UTC (medium confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Usual gap7 daysbetween real wipes
On rhythm100%of its recent wipes
Wipe-day peak857players, last three wipes
Crowd held0%else halves by day 2
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 29 Oct, 18:5815hits own schedule
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 15hforce wipefw
Thu 12 Nov, 18:5814d 15hits own schedule
Thu 19 Nov, 18:5821d 15hits own schedule
Thu 26 Nov, 18:5828d 15hits own schedule
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 15hforce wipefw
Thu 10 Dec, 18:5842d 15hits own schedule
Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
05001k1.5k2k+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 895, 6 hours in, with 326 in the queue.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 22 Oct, 18:586d ago 895+326 – running 218
Thu 15 Oct, 18:5913d ago 643+1 halved by day 2 7 d 112
Thu 8 Oct, 19:0420d ago 1,033+183 halved by day 2 7 d 252
Thu 1 Oct, 18:00fw27d ago – – 7 d 50

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 Main|
Figure 5: The map: Moose Maps, size 4500, seed 1337.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address205.178.168.84:28010
RegionNA
Max players250
Group limit12 max
Wipe scheduleweekly
Last wipe22 Oct 2026, 18:58 UTC
Hostnamemain.us-premium.moose.gg
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapMoose Maps
Size4500
Seed1337

7Operator

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

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, moose.gg.
ServerStatusPlayers
Rusty Moose |US Mondays|online375/425
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|online135/250
Rusty Moose |US Monthly|online127/200
Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|online76/200
Rusty Moose |US Biweekly|online41/200
Rusty Moose |Hapis Mondays|online36/150
Rusty Moose |EU Small|online30/200
Rusty Moose |US Medium|online21/200

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are US and NA server list [2], Facepunch official servers [3], vanilla rust servers [4] and upcoming Rust wipes [5].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rustoria.co - US MainNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 235 on average35/250
Rustafied.com - US FridayNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 155 on average6/100
Rustoria.co - US MondaysNA · groups of 12+ · weekly · 154 on average260/325
Rustopia.gg - US Main PremiumNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 145 on average17/200
Rustafied.com - US MainNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 131 on average28/100
Rusticated.com - US Premium MediumNA · groups of 12+ · weekly · 106 on average10/150

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1How well does Rusty Moose |US Main| run?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 30, with a minimum of 30. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 340,120 entities. Its highest memory usage was 9,266 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2In which location is Rusty Moose |US Main| based?

North America is where Rusty Moose |US Main| lists itself, using the NA tag. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 205.178.168.84:28010.

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

At the present moment, Rusty Moose |US Main| is online. It last restarted around 12 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. 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 Rusty Moose |US Main|?

Rusty Moose |US Main| is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Linux operating system. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe timing

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

Rusty Moose |US Main| follows a wipe rhythm of every Thursday at 18:58 UTC. The server is due to wipe on Thursday 29 October at 18:58 UTC. The current world has been running for 6 days 8 hours. A weekly wipe schedule is published in the server's tags.

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

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 857 players. A peak 6 hours after the latest wipe was accompanied by 326 players waiting in the queue. The crowd stayed above half its peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. In the other cases, the population fell below half by day 2.

Player count

A.7What position does Rusty Moose |US Main| occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives Rusty Moose |US Main| #29, in the top 0.1% of ranked servers and #4 in North America.

A.8At what level does Rusty Moose |US Main| operate in terms of players?

At this moment 34 players are on Rusty Moose |US Main|, which has 250 slots in total. The peak over seven days is 895, against an average of 251. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 04:00 UTC, with an average of 81 players.

Tags, lists

A.9Who is responsible for running Rusty Moose |US Main|?

A moose.gg hostname is published by Rusty Moose |US Main|; 28 other servers we track also publish one, so the same operator most likely runs them.

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

The game's server browser reads 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): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp250 (Max players): 250 slots are available; ts12 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 12; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^w (Weekly): A weekly wipe cycle applies; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is required to join; NA (North America): The server browser lists this server under North America, which Rusty Moose |US Main| publishes as its tags. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

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

The Rust Statistics lists that Rusty Moose |US Main| fits are: Official Rust servers, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Premium ^q; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 200+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Settings and map

A.12What are the settings and rules that govern Rusty Moose |US Main|?

The name of Rusty Moose |US Main| states no gather rate. 12 players is the cap on a group. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. Official, in the game's own tab, includes this server. The server's own description is vanilla: nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped. Rust's premium status is required to join. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

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

Size 4,500 and seed 1337 define the procedural, game-generated map on Rusty Moose |US Main|. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page. Under map name, it gives Moose Maps.

Connection

A.14What steps are required to join Rusty Moose |US Main|?

Enter client.connect 205.178.168.84:28010 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. Rust's premium status is required to join. You can find its website at https://moose.gg.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp250,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,^q,ts12.

Table 8: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
On Rust Statistics
officialRun 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
gmrustGame mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp250Max players. 250 slots are available.
ts12Group limit. Teams are capped at 12.
v2635Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
cs168909Build. Build 168909 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^wWeekly. A weekly wipe cycle applies.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped.
Mods and access
^qPremium. Rust's premium status is required to join.
Region
NANorth 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 Premium Main Wipe Schedule - Map: Thursdays @ 3pm EST (unless 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. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. US and NA server list. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Facepunch official servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Vanilla rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.