Server profile
Area 51
Offline, with 0 of 10 players on; ranked #15,049 of every public Rust server. It last wiped 55d ago.
Offline 51.89.195.13:26000 checked 45d 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. 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.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe cycle
When does Area 51 wipe, and how often?
Its rhythm cannot be read yet: Area 51 has too few wipes on record. The monthly force wipe comes to all Rust servers next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are playing on now was made 55 days 5 hours ago.
Server details
Which Rust version is Area 51 on?
The Rust build is network protocol 2633 and build 163794, running on Linux, for Area 51. You can only join if your game is on the same protocol; Steam handles that update.
What does uptime look like for Area 51, and is it online?
The last sighting of Area 51 was 45 days 3 hours ago, and it is offline at present. The last 7 full days gave 0 of 168 hours up, or 0% of the time. On 13 September 2026 is when Rust Insights first saw it.
Where does Area 51 run from?
A region is not published by Area 51. 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 51.89.195.13:26000.
Tags
What is meant by each tag on Area 51?
When the game's server browser reads Area 51, it finds these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp10 (Max players): The slot count is 10; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams cap at 8; v2633 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2633; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded. Current players, queue length and the age of the world sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
On which Rust Insights lists does Area 51 appear?
Area 51 appears among the following Rust Insights lists: Modded Rust servers, explained. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Player counts
What does the population of Area 51 look like?
Area 51 is offline at the moment; the last sighting was 45 days 3 hours ago.
In the ranking of Rust servers, where does Area 51 place?
The player-hours ranking for the last seven days puts Area 51 at #15,049, among the top – of all ranked servers.
Settings and rules
How is Area 51 configured, and what rules apply?
No gather rate appears in the name of Area 51. The default of 8 players per group is what applies here. 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. It runs plugins, Oxide of them. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is active.
What is the map on Area 51?
The game generates the map on Area 51, which is procedural.
Join
How can you get onto Area 51?
Type client.connect 51.89.195.13:26000 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.