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The Rust Server

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Offline · checked 24d ago · 43.226.58.236:17280

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Rust Server, reached at 43.226.58.236:17280. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,962 of all servers, the top 71%. It last wiped 27d ago; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/400% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,962top 71%
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe37d 2hThu 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.

No hourly history yet.
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
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
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 29 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 71% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k30 Sep2 Oct4 Oct7 Oct9 Oct11 Oct
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 2h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak0players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 2hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 2hforce wipefw
01234+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 0, 0 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 22:08fw27d ago 0 – 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

Map of The Rust Server
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 4250, seed 1112022. Open on RustMaps.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address43.226.58.236:17280
Region–
Max players40
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 22:08 UTC
Hostname–
First seen29 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4250
Seed1112022

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are rust community servers listed [2] and next Rust wipe times [3].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 514 on average427/500
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 317 on average460/475
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 281 on average983/1000
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 276 on average64/100
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 266 on average989/1000
Rustoria.co - US MainNA · groups of 16+ · weekly · 236 on average29/250

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1What is the location of The Rust Server?

A region is not published by The Rust Server. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 43.226.58.236:17280.

A.2What is the reliability of The Rust Server, and is it online?

The Rust Server is currently offline, with the last sighting 24 days 18 hours ago. The server was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 29 September 2026.

A.3What version of Rust is run on The Rust Server?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version that The Rust Server runs, on Linux. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe timing

A.4What schedule does The Rust Server follow for wipes?

Once a month, The Rust Server 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 world currently in use was created 27 days 18 hours ago.

A.5How would you describe wipe day on The Rust Server?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 0 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it began.

Player count

A.6What position does The Rust Server occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, The Rust Server holds #15,962, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.

A.7How would you characterise the player activity on The Rust Server?

The Rust Server is not online now; 24 days 18 hours have passed since it was last seen.

Tags and filters

A.8How should the tags on The Rust Server be interpreted?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634; your client must match it to join; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set, which The Rust Server 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.9Where can The Rust Server be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust community servers, measured are the Rust Statistics lists that The Rust Server fits. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Settings and map

A.10Which settings and rules are in force on The Rust Server?

The name of The Rust Server 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 the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Players may raid and fight one another. It is a community server, as the browser's Community listing shows. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.11On which map does The Rust Server take place?

The game generates The Rust Server's procedural map at size 4,250, from seed 1112022. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

Connection

A.12How do you connect to The Rust Server?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 43.226.58.236:17280. 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://minekuai.com.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp40Max players. 40 slots are available.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2634Protocol. The game protocol is 2634; your client must match it to join.
cs166652Build. The game build is 166652.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. A region code has not been set.

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.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Rust community servers listed. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.