'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome]
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Abstract
We describe the public Rust server 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome], reached at 32.219.237.28:28215 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 0 of 80 places, against a seven-day mean of 1 and a peak of 31. It ranks #3,931 of all servers, the top 18%, and #650 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.
Keywordsmonthly wipes vanilla
1Summary statistics

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.
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).
4Rank
The server stands in the top 18% of all ranked servers, the top 35% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.
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).
| Measure | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Wipe-day peak | 3 | players, last three wipes |
| When (UTC) | In | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 | 7d 19h | force wipefw |
| Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 | 35d 19h | force wipefw |
5.2History
| Wiped (UTC) | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:53fw27d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
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
| Address | 32.219.237.28:28215 |
|---|---|
| Region | NA |
| Max players | 80 |
| Group limit | 8, the default |
| Wipe schedule | monthly |
| Last wipe | 1 Oct 2026, 20:32 UTC |
| Hostname | – |
| First seen | 13 Sep 2026 |
| Map | Procedural Map |
| Size | 4250 |
| Seed | 479521753 |
7Similar 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], rust servers for new players [3], rust community servers listed [4], unmodded rust server list [5] and next Rust wipe times [6].
| Server | Players |
|---|---|
| Rustopia.gg - US LargeNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 134 on average | 147/200 |
| Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 113 on average | 149/200 |
| [US East] Facepunch Premium 1NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 76 on average | 88/400 |
| RustLands | Monthly Large | No BP Wipe | NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 63 on average | 52/225 |
| PICKLE DUO MONTHLY | No BP Wipe | Low Upkeep | Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 38 on average | 30/200 |
| Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 34 on average | 33/150 |
Appendix AQuick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
A.1How well does 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] run?
The server fps averaged 125 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 85. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 106,967 entities. Its highest memory usage was 4,113 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.
A.2What is the location of 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome]?
North America is where 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] lists itself, using the NA tag. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 32.219.237.28:28215 is its address.
A.3What is the online status and reliability of 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome]?
'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] is online at this time. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 2 days 21 hours ago. The server was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 13 September 2026.
A.4What is the Rust version for 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome]?
'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] 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.5On what cycle does 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] wipe?
Once a month, 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] wipes in line with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. The current world has been running for 27 days 3 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is stated in the server's tags.
A.6What characterises wipe day on 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome]?
Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 3 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 10 hours after it began.
Player count
A.7What position does 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?
On player hours over seven days 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] is #3,931, within the top 18% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #650.
A.8At what level does 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] operate in terms of players?
At this moment 0 players are on 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome], which has 80 slots in total. Over the last week the count averages 1 players and reaches 3 at its height. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 10:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.
Tags and filters
A.9How should the tags on 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] be interpreted?
The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp80 (Max players): The slot count is 80; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; 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; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped; NA (North America): North America is the region it appears under in the server browser, which 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] publishes as its tags. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.
A.10Where can 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?
These Rust Statistics lists include 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome]: Rust servers for new players, Rust community servers, measured, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers. These filters on the server list return it: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Settings and map
A.11Under what rules and settings does 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] operate?
The name of 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome] states no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. Listed as survival, the game mode is the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. It is a community server, as the browser's Community listing shows. The server's own description is vanilla: nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
A.12What is the map for 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome]?
Size 4,250 and seed 479521753 define the procedural, game-generated map on 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome]. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.
How to join
A.13What is the process for joining 'The Island' Rust - [New Players Welcome]?
Enter client.connect 32.219.237.28:28215 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. The website for this server is https://discord.com/invite/rcT5m4VwSM.
Appendix BServer tags
What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp80,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8.
| Tag | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Game | |
gmrust | Game mode. Rust survival, in its standard form. |
mp80 | Max players. The slot count is 80. |
ts8 | Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default. |
v2635 | Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect. |
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. |
| Wipe schedule | |
^m | Monthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes. |
| Difficulty | |
^v | Vanilla. Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: rates, kits and rules are as shipped. |
| Region | |
NA | North 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
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. Rust servers for new players. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-for-new-players.
- [4]Rust Statistics. Rust community servers listed. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
- [5]Rust Statistics. Unmodded rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
- [6]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.