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Salty Sheep

Online, with 0 of 20 players on; ranked #12,755 of every public Rust server, the top 58%. It last wiped 1d ago.

Filed under monthly wipes vanillamoddedcarbon
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0/ 20 players now 0% full
07-day averagepeak 1
#12,755ranktop 58% · #1415 in NA
1d agolast wipemonthly schedule
9d 1hnext wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The crowd

Players

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

AveragePeakWipe
00.250.50.75118:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00Wiped Mon 26 Oct, 15:22 UTCWIPE

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

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

Server fpsWipe
010020030040018:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00Wiped Mon 26 Oct, 15:22 UTCWIPE

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 11 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
15k10k15k20k11 Oct14 Oct17 Oct21 Oct24 Oct27 Oct

Note: Top 58% of all ranked servers, top 76% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Force wipes only.

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 9d 1h. The force wipe · high confidence

Coming wipes

  1. 9d 1hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 37d 1hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 26 Oct, 15:22 UTC1d ago – – running 0

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

How often does Salty Sheep wipe, and on which day?

The only wipe on Salty Sheep is the monthly force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that applies to all Rust servers. The world you are playing on now was made 25 hours ago. Its tags state a monthly wipe schedule.

Server

Does Salty Sheep hold a steady frame rate?

The 48-hour average for server fps is 225, and 180 was the lowest seen. At its highest the entity count reached 91,992: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,865 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are what players experience as lag.

On what version does Salty Sheep currently run?

Running on Windows, Salty Sheep is on Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.

How reliable is Salty Sheep, and is it up at the moment?

Right now Salty Sheep is up and running. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 5 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 168 of 168 hours up, or 100% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 11 October 2026.

What location is listed for Salty Sheep?

With its NA tag, Salty Sheep lists itself in North America. Rust Insights takes the location from what a server says about itself; no check is made of where the machine stands. You can reach it at 47.205.83.235:28015.

Server tags

What is meant by each tag on Salty Sheep?

When the game's server browser reads Salty Sheep, it finds these tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp20 (Max players): 20 slots in total; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, which is the default the game ships with; v2635 (Protocol): To join you need the same version; protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes monthly, together with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: no altered rates, kits or rules; ^z (Modded): Modded is its listing, because plugins or settings change how the game plays; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, runs on this server; NA (North America): The server browser files this server under North America. 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 Salty Sheep appear?

These Rust Insights lists include Salty Sheep: Modded Rust servers, explained and North American Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Player counts

How many players are on Salty Sheep right now?

At the time of this refresh, Salty Sheep holds 0 players on 20 slots. A weekly average of 0 players goes with a peak of 1. Its strongest hour in the past 48 was 16:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.

In the ranking of Rust servers, where does Salty Sheep place?

In North America, Salty Sheep is #1,415; across all ranked servers it is #12,755 on seven-day player hours, in the top 58%.

Rules and settings

What are the settings and rules for Salty Sheep?

No gather rate appears in the name of Salty Sheep. 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. Plugins or settings change the game, so it sits under Modded in the browser. Carbon is the plugin count it runs. Vanilla is the label it uses: nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: no altered rates, kits or rules. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is active.

Which map is live on Salty Sheep?

Size 4,000 and seed 965939955 define the procedural map on Salty Sheep, 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

How can you get onto Salty Sheep?

Type client.connect 47.205.83.235:28015 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 mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp20
Max players 20 slots in total.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, which is the default the game ships with.
v2635
Protocol To join you need the same version; protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Build 168909 is what it runs.
ptrak
Networking RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default.
$r?
Region code A region code has not been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes monthly, together with the force wipe from Facepunch.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Nothing is changed from Facepunch's release: no altered rates, kits or rules.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Modded is its listing, because plugins or settings change how the game plays.
^y
Carbon Carbon, a plugin framework, runs on this server.

Region

NA
North America The server browser files this server under North America.

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.