Server profile
Citadel of Pops
Online, with 0 of 10 players on; ranked #15,327 of every public Rust server, the top 69%. It last wiped 26d ago.
Online 69.164.253.186:25603 checked 9m 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 1, 13 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 10:41 UTC26d ago | 1 | – | 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 schedule
On Citadel of Pops, what happens on wipe day?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 13 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
How often does Citadel of Pops wipe, and on which day?
Too few wipes are on record for Citadel of Pops to reveal a rhythm. The monthly force wipe comes to all Rust servers next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. This world dates from 26 days 7 hours ago.
About the server
Does Citadel of Pops hold a steady frame rate?
The 48-hour average for server fps is 58, and 28 was the lowest seen. At its highest the entity count reached 75,576: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,581 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are what players experience as lag.
On what version does Citadel of Pops currently run?
Running on Linux, Citadel of Pops is on Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Has Citadel of Pops stayed online, and is it up now?
Right now Citadel of Pops is up and running. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 5 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 167 of 168 hours up, or 99% of the time. On 13 September 2026 is when Rust Insights first saw it.
In which location does Citadel of Pops sit?
There is no region published for Citadel of Pops. 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 69.164.253.186:25603.
Tags
How should you read the tags listed for Citadel of Pops?
When the game's server browser reads Citadel of Pops, it finds these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp10 (Max players): The slot count is 10; ts6 (Group limit): A team holds 6 players at most; v2635 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; 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): The game is changed by plugins or settings, placing it under Modded. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.
On which Rust Insights lists does Citadel of Pops appear?
Citadel of Pops 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.
Population
How many players are on Citadel of Pops right now?
Citadel of Pops shows 0 players at the moment, against 10 slots. Its average over seven days comes to 0 players.
How does Citadel of Pops compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?
Player hours over seven days put Citadel of Pops at #15,327, within the top 69% of the ranked field.
Map and rules
What settings and rules apply on Citadel of Pops?
Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of Citadel of Pops. 6 players is the most a group can hold. You get survival as 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. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.
What is the map on Citadel of Pops?
The game generates the map on Citadel of Pops: procedural, size 3,500, seed 172852236. Size and seed give the same map each time, so this page lets you look at it on RustMaps.
How to join
How do you connect to Citadel of Pops?
Type client.connect 69.164.253.186:25603 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.