Server profile
RUSTY METAL
Online, with 0 of 100 players on; ranked #2,773 of every public Rust server, the top 12%. It last wiped 10d ago.
Online 51.81.167.181:60402 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 23 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 12% of all ranked servers. 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 8d 10h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 10hThu 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 4, 17 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 01:14 UTC10d ago | 4 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:43 UTC FW26d ago | 4 | held half | 16.1 days | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 22:53 UTC34d ago | 4 | halved by day 2 | 8 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 cycle
What does RUSTY METAL look like once wipe day arrives?
Recent wipes peaked at 4 players on average. 17 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked. Half the peak held until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. Otherwise, half the peak was lost by day 2.
How often does RUSTY METAL wipe, and on which day?
The only wipe on RUSTY METAL 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. 10 days 7 hours have passed since its current world was created. The tags put wipes at monthly.
Server
What does performance look like on RUSTY METAL?
Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 130, with a floor of 96. Buildings, deployables and the rest took the entity count as high as 127,291. The highest memory figure was 4,042 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
On what version does RUSTY METAL currently run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what RUSTY METAL runs. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
How reliable is RUSTY METAL, and is it up at the moment?
At the time of this check RUSTY METAL is online. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 18 hours ago. It spent 168 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 100% of the time. On 22 September 2026 is when Rust Insights first saw it.
Where does RUSTY METAL run from?
A region is not published by RUSTY METAL. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. Connect through 51.81.167.181:60402.
Tags
How should you read the tags listed for RUSTY METAL?
When the game's server browser reads RUSTY METAL, it finds these tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots in total; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, which is the default the game ships with; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded is its listing, because plugins or settings change how the game plays. 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.
Where does RUSTY METAL turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?
The Rust Insights lists that carry RUSTY METAL are Modded Rust servers, explained. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Player counts
What does the population of RUSTY METAL look like?
RUSTY METAL shows 0 players at the moment, against 100 slots. The seven-day average is 1 players, and the highest point in that week was 4. Its strongest hour in the past 48 was 03:00 UTC, with an average of 3 players.
How does RUSTY METAL compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?
The player-hours ranking for the last seven days puts RUSTY METAL at #2,773, among the top 12% of all ranked servers.
Settings and rules
What are the settings and rules for RUSTY METAL?
No gather rate appears in the name of RUSTY METAL. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default in the game. survival is the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, so it sits under Modded in the browser. Plugins: Oxide run here. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.
Which map is live on RUSTY METAL?
Size 4,500 and seed 1337 define the procedural map on RUSTY METAL, generated by the game. The same size and seed produce the same map, so from this page you can look at it on RustMaps.
Connecting
How do you connect to RUSTY METAL?
To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 51.81.167.181:60402 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you.