Server profile · NA
RTF
Online, with 0 of 50 players on; ranked #5,607 of every public Rust server, the top 25%. It last wiped 22d ago.
Online NA 66.51.98.51:28025 checked 6m 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 25% of all ranked servers, top 50% 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 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 2, 18 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct, 01:46 UTC4d ago | 2 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 22:02 UTC22d ago | 4 | halved by day 6 | 18.2 days | 1 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 15:44 UTC23d ago | 4 | – | 0.3 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:49 UTC FW25d ago | 2 | held half | 2.7 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 days
What does RTF look like once wipe day arrives?
Recent wipes peaked at 3 players on average. 18 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. The cases that did not hold saw the crowd fall below half by day 6.
When does RTF wipe, and how often?
The only wipe on RTF is the monthly force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. This world dates from 22 days 16 hours ago. The tags put wipes at monthly.
Server
What does performance look like on RTF?
Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 59, with a floor of 54. Buildings, deployables and the rest took the entity count as high as 124,228. It drew as much as 4,075 MB of memory. A climbing entity count and low fps are what players experience as lag.
What Rust version is live on RTF?
Running on Linux, RTF is on Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Has RTF stayed online, and is it up now?
At the time of this check RTF is online. Going by the uptime figure it gives, its last restart was around 38 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 167 of 168 hours up, or 99% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 13 September 2026.
Where does RTF run from?
With its NA tag, RTF 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. 66.51.98.51:28025 is where it answers.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags listed for RTF?
When the game's server browser reads RTF, it finds these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp50 (Max players): The slot count is 50; 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month; NA (North America): The server browser files this server under North America. 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 RTF?
The Rust Insights lists that carry RTF are Best Rust community servers and North American Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that surface it are Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Player counts
What does the population of RTF look like?
At the time of this refresh, RTF holds 0 players on 50 slots. Over the past week it peaked at 2 and averaged 0 players. Look at the last 48 hours and the peak hour is 16:00 UTC, at 1 players on average.
Where does RTF sit in the rankings?
RTF holds #5,607 for player hours over the last seven days, #938 in North America and in the top 25% of all ranked servers.
Settings and rules
What settings and rules apply on RTF?
The name of RTF 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. PvP and raiding are both enabled. You will find it listed under Community in the server browser. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.
Which map is live on RTF?
The game generates the map on RTF: procedural, size 4,500, seed 2009818051. The same size and seed produce the same map, so from this page you can look at it on RustMaps.
Join
How do you connect to RTF?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.98.51:28025. You can skip the console by using Launch Rust here, which starts Rust through Steam and connects you.