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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop, reached at 91.229.114.102:28015 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 23 of 200 places, against a seven-day mean of 24 and a peak of 671. It ranks #606 of all servers, the top 3%, and #101 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.

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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 mean24peak 67, 48 h peak 34
Rank2#606top 3%; #101 in NA
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe37d 18hThu 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.

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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).

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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 3% of all ranked servers, the top 5% 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
120040060080020 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: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 18h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak200players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 18hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 18hforce wipefw
050100150200+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 200, 2 hours in, with 31 in the queue.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 1 Oct, 18:02fw27d ago 200+31 – running 14

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 Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop
Figure 5: The map: Reddit Maps, size 4000, seed 1337.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address91.229.114.102:28015
RegionNA
Max players200
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 18:02 UTC
Hostnameus.lowpop.rplayrust.com
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapReddit Maps
Size4000
Seed1337
Custom mapdownload

7Operator

17 servers publish a rplayrust.com hostname; the busiest are listed.

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, rplayrust.com.
ServerStatusPlayers
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Mondayonline172/250
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Mondayonline122/400
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Smallonline21/200
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU Softcoreonline20/150
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Fridayonline20/200
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Monthlyonline13/200
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Trioonline11/200
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcoreonline10/200

8Similar 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], official servers live [3], live vanilla server list [4] and next Rust wipe times [5].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rustopia.gg - US LargeNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 133 on average160/200
Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 113 on average107/200
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 76 on average96/400
RustLands | Monthly Large | No BP Wipe | NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 63 on average60/225
PICKLE DUO MONTHLY | No BP Wipe | Low Upkeep | Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 38 on average25/200
Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 34 on average38/150

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Is the performance of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop smooth?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 30, with a minimum of 30. The highest number of entities it carried was 187,135, comprising buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 6,191 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2In which location is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop based?

The NA tag places Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop 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. 91.229.114.102:28015 is its address.

A.3How reliable is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop, and is it currently online?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop is currently online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 9 hours ago. The server was up 86% of the time over the last 7 full days, 144 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

The version of Rust on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, and the operating system is Linux. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

A.5On what cycle does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop wipe?

The only wipe for Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop is the monthly 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 6 hours ago. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6What happens on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop when wipe day arrives?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 200 players. A peak 2 hours after the latest wipe was accompanied by 31 players waiting in the queue.

Population

A.7What position does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop #606, in the top 3% of ranked servers and #101 in North America.

A.8What is the population level of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

The current population of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop is 23, drawn from 200 slots. The peak over seven days is 67, against an average of 24. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 01:00 UTC, with an average of 32 players.

Tags and filters

A.9Who is responsible for running Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

A rplayrust.com hostname is published by Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop; 16 other servers we track also publish one, so the same operator most likely runs them.

A.10What do the tags associated with Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop signify?

Tags from Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop, read by the game's server browser, are 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; mp200 (Max players): 200 slots are available; 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^v (Vanilla): Rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships; ^o (Oxide): Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod); NA (North America): North America is the region it appears under in the server browser; rustmaps (Custom tag): This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.11Where can Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop: Official Rust servers, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 10+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

Rules, settings, map

A.12Which settings and rules are in force on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

The name of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop states no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. Official, in the game's own tab, includes this server. Plugins number Oxide on this server. It describes itself as vanilla, which is to say rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.13On which map does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop take place?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop runs a custom map of 4,000, and you can download the published file from this page.

How to join

A.14How do you connect to Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop?

Enter client.connect 91.229.114.102:28015 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://reddit.com/r/playrust.

Appendix BServer tags

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

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.
mp200Max players. 200 slots are available.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
v2635Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
cs168909Build. The game build is 168909.
ptrakNetworking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. Rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships.
Mods and access
^oOxide. Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod).
Region
NANorth America. North America is the region it appears under in the server browser.
Other
rustmapsCustom tag. This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin.

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

Welcome to Reddit's official /r/PlayRust Monthly US Low Pop server! - No cheating or exploiting. - No spam, racism/slurs, discrimination. Visit /r/playrustpublic for server discussion! Support: redditplayrust.com Discord: discord.gg/playrust Monthly Map Wipe @ Force / BP Wipe @ Forced

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Rust servers in North America. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Official servers live. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Live vanilla server list. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.