Server profile
Africa
Online, with 0 of 30 players on; ranked #15,335 of every public Rust server, the top 69%. It last wiped 117d ago.
Online 198.73.57.173:28015 checked 10m ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Note: 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. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
If you like this one
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe days
How often does Africa wipe, and on which day?
Its rhythm cannot be read yet: Africa has too few wipes on record. The monthly force wipe comes to all Rust servers next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. This world dates from 117 days 2 hours ago.
About the server
How well does Africa perform?
Server fps averaged 88 over 48 hours; the lowest reading was 61. At its highest the entity count reached 100,086: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory figure was 4,926 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
Which Rust version is Africa on?
The Rust build is network protocol 2631 and build 156658, running on Windows, for Africa. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
How reliable is Africa, and is it up at the moment?
Right now Africa is up and running. Going by the uptime figure it gives, its last restart was around 10 days 20 hours ago. It spent 167 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 99% of the time. On 13 September 2026 is when Rust Insights first saw it.
Where does Africa run from?
The name of Africa points to Africa, even though no region tag is published. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. 198.73.57.173:28015 is where it answers.
Lists and tags
What is meant by each tag on Africa?
These tags come from Africa and are read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp30 (Max players): 30 slots in total; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams cap at 8; v2631 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2631; cs156658 (Build): Build 156658 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.
On which Rust Insights lists does Africa appear?
The Rust Insights lists that carry Africa are Best Rust community servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Population
What does the population of Africa look like?
At the time of this refresh, Africa holds 0 players on 30 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players puts the last week in context.
How does Africa compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?
On player hours for the last seven days, Africa sits at #15,335, inside the top 69% of ranked servers.
Map and rules
What settings and rules apply on Africa?
Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of Africa. The default of 8 players per group is what applies here. You get survival as the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. PvP and raiding are both enabled. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.
Which map is live on Africa?
Size 4,250 and seed 1104 define the procedural map on Africa, generated by the game. The same size and seed produce the same map, so from this page you can look at it on RustMaps.
How to join
How can you get onto Africa?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015. You can skip the console by using Launch Rust here, which starts Rust through Steam and connects you.