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Rust START Server

Online, with 0 of 2 players on; ranked #5,592 of every public Rust server, the top 25%. It last wiped 5d ago.

Filed under monthly wipes
Launch Rust and join
0/ 2 players now 0% full
07-day averagepeak 4
#5,592ranktop 25%
5d agolast wipemonthly schedule
6d 20hnext wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The crowd

Players

Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.

AveragePeak
00.511.5223:0008:0019:0003:0012:0021:00

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.

02040608023:0008:0019:0003:0012:0021:00

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 24 Oct. 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.

RankRank in region
12.5k5k7.5k10k24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Note: Top 25% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 20h. The force wipe

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

  1. Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average209/250
  2. Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 212 on average146/200
  3. [EU] Facepunch 1EU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 160 on average133/400
  4. [EU East] Facepunch 4EU · groups of 8+ · monthly · 160 on average86/350
  5. Rustopia.gg - US LargeNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 125 on average114/200
  6. Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 123 on average74/100

The short version

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe schedule

When does Rust START Server wipe, and how often?

the force wipe puts Rust START Server's next wipe at an estimated time. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 5 days 6 hours have passed since its current world was created. Wipes run monthly, as its tags say.

About the server

What does performance look like on Rust START Server?

Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 62, with a floor of 25. Buildings, deployables and the rest took the entity count as high as 48,769. It drew as much as 1,909 MB of memory. A climbing entity count and low fps are what players experience as lag.

On what version does Rust START Server currently run?

The Rust build is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, running on Windows, for Rust START Server. You can only join if your game is on the same protocol; Steam handles that update.

What does uptime look like for Rust START Server, and is it online?

Right now Rust START Server is up and running. About 5 hours ago is when it last restarted, judged from the uptime it reports. It spent 83 of the last 4 full days' 96 hours up, 86% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 24 October 2026.

Where does Rust START Server run from?

A region is not published by Rust START Server. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. You can reach it at 212.22.93.117:28024.

Server tags

Which meanings sit behind the tags on Rust START Server?

When the game's server browser reads Rust START Server, it finds these tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp2 (Max players): 2 slots in total; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: 8 per team at most; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month. 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.

Where does Rust START Server turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?

The Rust Insights lists that carry Rust START Server are Best Rust community servers. On the server list, the filters that surface it are Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.

Population

How many players are on Rust START Server right now?

At the time of this refresh, Rust START Server holds 0 players on 2 slots. A weekly average of 0 players goes with a peak of 4. The busiest point of the last 48 hours fell at 16:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Where does Rust START Server sit in the rankings?

Player hours over seven days put Rust START Server at #5,592, within the top 25% of the ranked field.

Rules and settings

What are the settings and rules for Rust START Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust START Server. The default of 8 players per group is what applies here. You get survival as the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. You will find it listed under Community in the server browser. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.

What is the map on Rust START Server?

Rust START Server runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 1605290779, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed produce the same map.

How to join

What is the way to join Rust START Server?

Type client.connect 212.22.93.117:28024 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.

The small print

Server tags

What each one means.

Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp2
Max players 2 slots in total.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: 8 per team at most.
v2635
Protocol Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635.
cs168909
Build Build 168909 is what it runs.
ptrak
Networking RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month.

Note: 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.