Server profile · OC
Southern Grid AU
Online, with 0 of 50 players on; ranked #5,236 of every public Rust server, the top 24%. It last wiped 25d ago.
Online OC 51.161.198.78:28070 checked 12m 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 24% of all ranked servers, top 59% in OC. 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 0h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 9d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 37d 0hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
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 1, 35 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:39 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:13 UTC FW25d ago | 2 | – | 0.4 days | 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 schedule
What does Southern Grid AU look like once wipe day arrives?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. 35 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
When does Southern Grid AU wipe, and how often?
The only wipe on Southern Grid AU is the monthly force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world you are playing on now was made 25 days 12 hours ago. Wipes run monthly, as its tags say.
Server details
How well does Southern Grid AU perform?
Server fps averaged 10 over 48 hours; the lowest reading was 5. The world held a peak of 122,719 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory figure was 3,734 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Which Rust version is Southern Grid AU on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Southern Grid AU runs. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Has Southern Grid AU stayed online, and is it up now?
At the time of this check Southern Grid AU is online. Going by the uptime figure it gives, its last restart was around 22 hours ago. It spent 168 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 100% of the time. On 13 September 2026 is when Rust Insights first saw it.
In which location does Southern Grid AU sit?
The OC tag is how Southern Grid AU places itself in Oceania. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. You can reach it at 51.161.198.78:28070.
Tags
What is meant by each tag on Southern Grid AU?
These tags come from Southern Grid AU and are read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp50 (Max players): It holds 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: 8 per team at most; v2635 (Protocol): To join you need the same version; protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; 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): Facepunch's game as shipped: rates, kits and rules are unchanged; ^q (Premium): Joining requires premium status in Rust; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; OC (Oceania): Find it in the browser under Oceania. Current players, queue length and the age of the world sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Insights filters and lists feature Southern Grid AU?
These Rust Insights lists include Southern Grid AU: Oceania Rust servers, Best Rust community servers and Vanilla Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Premium ^q and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Population
How many players are on Southern Grid AU right now?
Of its 50 slots, Southern Grid AU currently has 0 filled. The seven-day average is 0 players, and the highest point in that week was 4. Its strongest hour in the past 48 was 07:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.
How does Southern Grid AU compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?
In Oceania, Southern Grid AU is #123; across all ranked servers it is #5,236 on seven-day player hours, in the top 24%.
Map and rules
What settings and rules apply on Southern Grid AU?
The name of Southern Grid AU does not state a gather rate. The default of 8 players per group is what applies here. survival is the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Players may raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. Plugins: Oxide run here. Calling itself vanilla, it gives this meaning: facepunch's game as shipped: rates, kits and rules are unchanged. Joining requires premium status in Rust. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.
What is the map on Southern Grid AU?
The game generates the map on Southern Grid AU: procedural, size 4,500, seed 1883130744. Size and seed give the same map each time, so this page lets you look at it on RustMaps.
Join
How do you connect to Southern Grid AU?
To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 51.161.198.78:28070 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you. Joining requires premium status in Rust.