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Rusty Moose |US Medium|

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Rusty Moose |US Medium|, reached at 208.52.153.159:28010 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 23 of 200 places, against a seven-day mean of 101 and a peak of 3441. It ranks #251 of all servers, the top 1%, and #50 in NA. It last wiped 6d ago on a published weekly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 29 October, 18:59 UTC, weekly: 7 days after its last wipe.

Keywordsofficial weekly 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.
MeasureValueNote
Players now23/20012% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean101peak 344, 48 h peak 62
Rank2#251top 1%; #50 in NA
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe318hThu 29 Oct, 18:59 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
02040608001:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00
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
01020304001:0010:0019:0004:0013:0023:00
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 23 Oct.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 1% of all ranked servers, the top 3% 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
15001k1.5k2k23 Oct24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule

The next wipe is expected Thursday 29 October, 18:59 UTC, in 18h. Weekly: 7 days after its last 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 Rusty Moose |US Medium|
Figure 4: The map: Moose Maps, size 4000, seed 1337.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address208.52.153.159:28010
RegionNA
Max players200
Group limit8, the default
Wipe scheduleweekly
Last wipe22 Oct 2026, 18:59 UTC
Hostnamemedium.us.moose.gg
First seen23 Oct 2026
MapMoose Maps
Size4000
Seed1337

7Operator

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

Table 4: Other servers of the same operator, moose.gg.
ServerStatusPlayers
Rusty Moose |US Mondays|online486/525
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|online236/275
Rusty Moose |US Monthly|online128/200
Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|online118/200
Rusty Moose |Hapis Mondays|online69/150
Rusty Moose |EU Small|online63/200
Rusty Moose |US Biweekly|online52/200
Rusty Moose |US Main|online34/250

8Similar servers

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

Table 5: 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 average46/250
Rustafied.com - US FridayNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 155 on average20/100
Rustoria.co - US MondaysNA · groups of 12+ · weekly · 153 on average351/350
Rustopia.gg - US Main PremiumNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 145 on average37/200
Rustafied.com - US MainNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 131 on average22/100
Rusticated.com - US Premium MediumNA · groups of 12+ · weekly · 106 on average12/150

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

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

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 30 server fps, with a low of 30. Its entity count reached a maximum of 202,161, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Memory use peaked at 5,445 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

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

The NA tag places Rusty Moose |US Medium| in North America, as it lists itself. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 208.52.153.159:28010.

A.3How reliable is Rusty Moose |US Medium|, and is it currently online?

At the present moment, Rusty Moose |US Medium| is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 9 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (5 days) was 80%, with 96 of 120 hours online. It was first observed on 23 October 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Rusty Moose |US Medium|?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that Rusty Moose |US Medium| runs, on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe timing

A.5On what cycle does Rusty Moose |US Medium| wipe?

An estimate derived from weekly: 7 days after its last wipe gives the next wipe for Rusty Moose |US Medium|. On Thursday 29 October at 18:59 UTC the next wipe is expected. 6 days 5 hours have passed since the current world was generated. According to its tags, the server wipes on a weekly schedule.

Player count

A.6What is the rank of Rusty Moose |US Medium| among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives Rusty Moose |US Medium| #251, in the top 1% of ranked servers and #50 in North America.

A.7At what level does Rusty Moose |US Medium| operate in terms of players?

The current population of Rusty Moose |US Medium| is 23, drawn from 200 slots. Averaged over the last seven days: 101 players; the same period peaks at 344. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 01:00 UTC, with an average of 58 players.

Tags, lists

A.8By whom is Rusty Moose |US Medium| operated?

28 other servers we track share the moose.gg hostname published by Rusty Moose |US Medium|; the same operator most likely runs them.

A.9How should the tags on Rusty Moose |US Medium| 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): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp200 (Max players): It offers 200 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^w (Weekly): The server wipes weekly; ^v (Vanilla): This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered; NA (North America): North America is the region it appears under in the server browser, which Rusty Moose |US Medium| publishes as its tags. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.10Where can Rusty Moose |US Medium| be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include Rusty Moose |US Medium|: 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; Server tag: Weekly ^w and Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 100+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Settings and map

A.11What are the settings and rules that govern Rusty Moose |US Medium|?

The name of Rusty Moose |US Medium| states no gather rate. 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. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. Official, in the game's own tab, includes this server. By its own label, vanilla, this is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12What is the map for Rusty Moose |US Medium|?

Size 4,000 and seed 1337 define the procedural, game-generated map on Rusty Moose |US Medium|. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page. The name of the map is Moose Maps.

Connection

A.13What steps are required to join Rusty Moose |US Medium|?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 208.52.153.159:28010. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection. The website for this server is https://moose.gg.

Appendix BServer tags

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

Table 6: 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. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp200Max players. It offers 200 slots.
ts8Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
v2635Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
cs168909Build. This server runs game build 168909.
ptrakNetworking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?Region code. A region code has not been set.
Wipe schedule
^wWeekly. The server wipes weekly.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered.
Region
NANorth America. North America is the region it appears under in the server browser.

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 Medium 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. North America server population. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Official servers live. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Vanilla rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.