The count
Live coverage · Rust server
PVE
Offline PVE is not on the server list right now. The figures below are from when it was last seen, 5d ago.
Key points
- 1 of 500 players are on at the last check, 0% full.
- Over the last seven days it averages 1 players, with a peak of 1.
- It ranks #9,412, the top 42% of all ranked servers.
- The current map has been up 7d 18h, since Wednesday 21 October, 04:01 UTC.
Live coverage
newest first · every post is a reading of this serverEmbedded chart
Players on PVE
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Embedded chart
How the server is running
Server performance
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.
Embedded chart
Rank #9,412 today
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 42% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Coming up · wipe schedule
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 wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest firstThe current map
Wipe peaks at 1 player
Wednesday 21 October 2026, 11:25 UTC
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 1
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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWiping
What happens on wipe day at PVE?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. Peak population on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it.
When does PVE wipe?
The record holds too few of PVE's wipes to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world you are playing on was built 7 days 18 hours.
Lists and tags
Where does PVE appear in Rust Live Stats lists and filters?
These are the Rust Live Stats lists PVE fits: Live Rust community servers. Under the filters Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks it appears on the server list.
What do the tags listed for PVE signify?
gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival, in the Rust style; mp500 (Max players): 500 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team at most, the game's default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the game's usual network layer, carries this server; $r? (Region code): No region code is set here: that is the tag list PVE publishes for the game's server browser. Also in the tags: players on now, the queue, and when the world was made. You will find them at the top of this page.
Population
How many players are on PVE right now?
Last seen 5 days 1 hours ago, PVE is offline right now. Averaged across seven days, 1 players; the peak was 1.
How does PVE compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put PVE at #9,412, in the top 42% of all ranked servers.
Rules and settings
What rules does PVE enforce, and which settings does it use?
Nothing in the name of PVE states a gather rate. No custom limit is set, so groups hold the default 8 players. survival is the mode, with the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. You find it under Community in the server browser. VAC is enabled: Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is live on PVE?
The map on PVE is procedural, made by the game itself.
About the server
Where does PVE sit geographically?
No region is published by PVE. A server's stated location is what Rust Live Stats shows; the machine's actual position is not looked up. 104.28.246.233:28015 is its address.
What version of Rust is running on PVE?
The setup on PVE is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 with Windows. Steam updates it for you, but your game needs the same protocol to join.
How reliable is PVE, and is it online at the moment?
As of now, PVE is offline; the last sighting was 5 days 1 hours ago. It was online for 8 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, or 5% of the time. Rust Live Stats has tracked it since 14 September 2026.
Connecting
What steps connect you to PVE?
Use Launch Rust and join on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.28.246.233:28015.