Server profile
El Goon Server
Online, with 0 of 30 players on; ranked #15,327 of every public Rust server, the top 69%. It last wiped 40d ago.
Online 198.73.57.178:28025 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 19 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
Too few wipes seen yet.
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 25 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 19 Sep, 17:10 UTC40d ago | 5 | – | running | 2 |
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.
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The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe cycle
On El Goon Server, what happens on wipe day?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 5 players. 25 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
On what schedule does El Goon Server wipe?
Its rhythm cannot be read yet: El Goon Server has too few wipes on record. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server, this one included, takes the monthly force wipe. The world you are playing on now was made 40 days ago.
Server
How well does El Goon Server perform?
Server fps averaged 98 over 48 hours; the lowest reading was 85. The world held a peak of 70,483 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 5,344 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are what players experience as lag.
Which Rust version is El Goon Server on?
The Rust build is network protocol 2633 and build 164530, running on Windows, for El Goon Server. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
How reliable is El Goon Server, and is it up at the moment?
At the time of this check El Goon Server is online. Going by the uptime figure it gives, its last restart was around 18 days 10 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 167 of 168 hours up, or 99% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 19 September 2026.
What location is listed for El Goon Server?
No region is published by El Goon Server. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. 198.73.57.178:28025 is where it answers.
Server tags
Which meanings sit behind the tags on El Goon Server?
These tags come from El Goon Server and are read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp30 (Max players): The slot count is 30; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: 8 per team at most; v2633 (Protocol): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2633; cs164530 (Build): It runs game build 164530; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, placing it under Modded. You will find the present player count, the queue and the world's creation time among the tags, and they are displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Insights filters and lists feature El Goon Server?
These Rust Insights lists include El Goon Server: Modded Rust servers, explained. You will find it on the server list by applying these filters: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Population
How many players are on El Goon Server right now, and how does that number move?
At the time of this refresh, El Goon Server holds 0 players on 30 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players puts the last week in context.
How does El Goon Server compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?
The player-hours ranking for the last seven days puts El Goon Server at #15,327, among the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Map and rules
What are the settings and rules for El Goon Server?
Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of El Goon Server. No group limit is set, so the game's default of 8 players applies. You get survival as the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Players may raid and fight one another. It is a Modded entry: plugins or settings modify the game. Plugins: Oxide run here. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.
Which map is live on El Goon Server?
The game generates the map on El Goon Server: procedural, size 3,500, seed 648252. Size and seed give the same map each time, so this page lets you look at it on RustMaps.
How to join
How can you get onto El Goon Server?
Type client.connect 198.73.57.178:28025 into the console, which you open with F1 in Rust. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job by opening Rust through Steam.