Server profile
The Ponderosa
Online, with 0 of 40 players on; ranked #15,396 of every public Rust server, the top 69%. It last wiped 22d ago.
Online 64.40.8.66:28019 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 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Too few wipes seen yet.
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
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 0, 0 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 12:26 UTC22d ago | 0 | – | 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 days
On The Ponderosa, what happens on wipe day?
Recent wipes peaked at 0 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd on the server reached its peak.
How often does The Ponderosa wipe, and on which day?
Its rhythm cannot be read yet: The Ponderosa has too few wipes on record. A force wipe falls on every Rust server once a month, and the next one is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. This world dates from 22 days 20 hours ago.
Server
Does The Ponderosa hold a steady frame rate?
Server fps averaged 28 over 48 hours; the lowest reading was 8. Buildings, deployables and the rest took the entity count as high as 66,466. It drew as much as 8,768 MB of memory. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
What Rust version is live on The Ponderosa?
The Rust build is network protocol 2634 and build 167781, running on Linux, for The Ponderosa. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
What does uptime look like for The Ponderosa, and is it online?
At the time of this check The Ponderosa is online. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 14 days 3 hours ago. It spent 168 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 100% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 13 September 2026.
Where does The Ponderosa run from?
A region is not published by The Ponderosa. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. Connect through 64.40.8.66:28019.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags listed for The Ponderosa?
When the game's server browser reads The Ponderosa, it finds these tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): The slot count is 40; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, which is the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): To join you need the same version; protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $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. 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 The Ponderosa turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?
The Rust Insights lists that carry The Ponderosa are Modded Rust servers, explained. You will find it on the server list by applying these filters: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Player counts
What does the population of The Ponderosa look like?
At the time of this refresh, The Ponderosa holds 0 players on 40 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players puts the last week in context.
In the ranking of Rust servers, where does The Ponderosa place?
The player-hours ranking for the last seven days puts The Ponderosa at #15,396, among the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Rules and settings
What are the settings and rules for The Ponderosa?
The name of The Ponderosa 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 Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins: Oxide run here. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.
Which map is live on The Ponderosa?
The game generates the map on The Ponderosa: procedural, size 5,800, seed 1. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed produce the same map. The name of its map reads: Custom Map.
Connecting
How do you connect to The Ponderosa?
To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 64.40.8.66:28019 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you.