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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST, reached at 34.35.168.89:28015 and hosted in AF (af). At the last check it held 4 of 100 places, against a seven-day mean of 4 and a peak of 151. It ranks #1,521 of all servers, the top 7%, and #1 in AF. It last wiped 6d ago on a published weekly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 29 October, 19:04 UTC, every Thursday at 19:04 UTC.

Keywords3x gather weekly wipes modded oxide

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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 now4/1004% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean4peak 15, 48 h peak 9
Rank2#1,521top 7%; #1 in AF
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe321hThu 29 Oct, 19:04 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
02.557.51022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00
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
02040608022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00
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 7% of all ranked servers, the top 3% in AF. 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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 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, 19:04 UTC, in 21h. Every Thursday at 19:04 UTC (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Usual gap7 daysbetween real wipes
On rhythm83%of its recent wipes
Wipe-day peak8players, last three wipes
Crowd held25%else halves by day 3
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 29 Oct, 19:0421hits own schedule
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 21hforce wipefw
Thu 12 Nov, 19:0414d 21hits own schedule
Thu 19 Nov, 19:0421d 21hits own schedule
Thu 26 Nov, 19:0428d 21hits own schedule
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 21hforce wipefw
Thu 10 Dec, 19:0442d 21hits own schedule
Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 8 Oct
05101520+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 15, 22 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 22 Oct, 19:046d ago 15 – running 2
Thu 15 Oct, 19:0513d ago 4 held half 7 d 2
Thu 8 Oct, 19:0420d ago 4 halved by day 3 7 d 3
Tue 6 Oct, 22:2021d ago 4 – 1.9 d 0
Thu 24 Sep, 19:0434d ago 2 halved by day 3 12.1 d 0
Thu 17 Sep, 19:0441d ago 3 halved by day 1 7 d 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

Map of Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 2750, seed 648404231. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address34.35.168.89:28015
RegionAF · af
Max players100
Group limit8, the default
Wipe scheduleweekly
Last wipe22 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size2750
Seed648404231

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 with 3x gather [2], modded Rust population table [3] and upcoming Rust wipes [4].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Nexis ZA 10x - PVP | KITS | EVENTSAF · groups of 8+ · 10x · weekly · 1 on average2/125
Atlas - EU 3x | No BPs | MondaysEU · groups of 16+ · 3x · weekly · 387 on average446/550
Vital Rust - EU Mondays | 3x | No BPsEU · groups of 14+ · 3x · weekly · 174 on average233/275
FLAME RUST #1 [ NOLIMIT | x3 | MAGIC ] WIPE 27.10groups of 30+ · 3x · weekly · 111 on average88/350
[US] Upsurge Main | 3x Vanilla | 10/27NA · groups of 12+ · 3x · weekly · 96 on average116/110
КЛАССИКА x3 | GGRust #3 | Для нoвичкoв 3xEU · groups of 8+ · 3x · weekly · 94 on average37/100

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Does Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST perform well?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 60 server fps, with a low of 60. Its entity count reached a maximum of 51,782, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Memory use peaked at 2,271 MB. Players experience lag when fps is low and the entity count is rising.

A.2In which location is Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST based?

Region code af accompanies the AF tag by which Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST lists itself in Africa. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 34.35.168.89:28015.

A.3What is the reliability of Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST, and is it online?

Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST is currently online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 18 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were served, an availability of 100%. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST runs, on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe timing

A.5When are wipes carried out on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST?

Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST follows a wipe rhythm of every Thursday at 19:04 UTC. On Thursday 29 October at 19:04 UTC the next wipe is expected. 6 days 2 hours have passed since the current world was generated. The tags state that wipes occur weekly.

A.6What characterises wipe day on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 8 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 22 hours after it began. For 25% of recent wipes, the population did not fall below half the peak before the next wipe. Otherwise, a fall below half took place by day 3.

Population

A.7What is the rank of Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST among Rust servers?

On player hours over seven days Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST is #1,521, within the top 7% of all ranked servers; within Africa it is #1.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST?

At this moment 4 players are on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST, which has 100 slots in total. Over the last week the count averages 4 players and reaches 15 at its height. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 18:00 UTC, averaging 9 players.

Tags and filters

A.9How should the tags on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST be interpreted?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp100 (Max players): The slot count is 100; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $raf (Region code): Region code: af; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; AF (Africa): Africa is the region it appears under in the server browser, which Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST 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 Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST: Rust servers with gather rate 3x and Modded Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 3x.

Rules, settings, map

A.11Under what rules and settings does Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST operate?

Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST sets gather to 3x, as the server name indicates. 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. It appears under Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.12On which map does Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST take place?

Size 2,750 and seed 648404231 define the procedural, game-generated map on Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

How to join

A.13What steps are required to join Rustaroo ZA | R750 REAL CASH | 3x | Wipes Thu 21:00 SAST?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 34.35.168.89:28015. 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://rustaroo.com.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$raf,v2635,^w,AF,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp100Max players. The slot count is 100.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2635Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
cs168909Build. Build 168909 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$rafRegion code. Region code: af.
Wipe schedule
^wWeekly. Wipes happen every week.
Mods and access
^oOxide. Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server.
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
AFAfrica. Africa 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

South Africa's FIRST Rust server with AI admins - built for low ping and zero cheaters (every player is reviewed from telemetry + real footage). Settings are tuned every wipe with the community - play the week, then tell us what to change at rustaroo.com/community REAL CASH: R5-R200 Rustaroo Rand notes drop from barrels. At wipe the richest wallet is paid out for real (up to R750). Die = drop 15%, lose your main TC = lose it all. Ties: kill cam votes, then the R5 coin toss. Every kill becomes a KILL CAM (six angles + live commentary) at rustaroo.com - base interiors are never shown 3x gather, crafting, smelting WIPES: Thursdays 21:00 SAST (blueprints on the first Thursday, with Facepunch's update)

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Rust servers with 3x gather. ruststatistics.org/top-3x-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Modded Rust population table. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.