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VRC Rust
Key points
- 1 of 100 players are on now, 1% full.
- Over the last seven days it averages 2 players, with a peak of 10.
- It ranks #2,592, the top 12% of all ranked servers.
- The current map has been up 5d 20h, since Saturday 24 October, 06:01 UTC.
Live coverage
newest first · every post is a reading of this serverEmbedded chart
Players on VRC Rust
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 #2,592 today
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 12% of all ranked servers, and #119 of the solo servers (top 53%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Coming up · wipe schedule
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keeps
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 8, 1 hours in.
Wipes
newest firstThe current map
Wipe peaks at 8 players
Saturday 24 October 2026, 06:01 UTC
- Peak
- 8
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 1
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 8 players, 1 in the queue
Saturday 24 October 2026, 00:00 UTC
- Peak
- 8 +1 queue
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 0.3 days
- Players before
- 0
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 8 players
Friday 16 October 2026, 12:02 UTC
- Peak
- 8
- Crowd
- held half
- Lasted
- 7.5 days
- Players before
- 0
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 8 players
Friday 16 October 2026, 02:39 UTC
- Peak
- 8
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 0.4 days
- Players before
- 0
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 8 players
Thursday 15 October 2026, 02:01 UTC
- Peak
- 8
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 1 days
- Players before
- 0
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 1 player
Tuesday 6 October 2026, 16:12 UTC
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- halved by day 1
- Lasted
- 8.4 days
- Players before
- 0
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 1 player
Monday 5 October 2026, 14:06 UTC
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 1.1 days
- Players before
- 0
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 1 player
Monday 5 October 2026, 01:42 UTC
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 0.5 days
- Players before
- 0
Show 3 earlier wipes
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 1 player
Friday 2 October 2026, 20:46 UTC
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- halved by day 1
- Lasted
- 2.2 days
- Players before
- 0
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 2 players
Friday 2 October 2026, 10:51 UTC
- Peak
- 2
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 0.4 days
- Players before
- 0
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 2 players
Wednesday 30 September 2026, 23:39 UTC
- Peak
- 2
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- 1.5 days
- Players before
- 0
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 pageWipe days
What should you expect from wipe day on VRC Rust?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 8 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in. In 50% of recent wipes, population held above half the peak right through to the next wipe. The crowd fell under half by day 1 when it did not hold.
On what timetable does VRC Rust wipe?
VRC Rust wipes with no fixed pattern, so there is nothing to predict. 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 5 days 20 hours.
Tags and filters
Where does VRC Rust appear in Rust Live Stats lists and filters?
These are the Rust Live Stats lists VRC Rust fits: Modded Rust servers live now and Solo Rust servers, live now. Under the filters Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: Solo; Last wipe: In the last week it appears on the server list.
How should you read the tags on VRC Rust?
These are the tags VRC Rust makes public: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts1 (Group limit): Team cap: 1; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2635, so match that version to join; cs168909 (Build): Build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set here; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it is Modded; ^y (Carbon): It uses the plugin framework Carbon. 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.
Player numbers
How many players are on VRC Rust right now?
VRC Rust is carrying 1 players at the moment, with 100 slots in total. Averaged across seven days, 2 players; the peak was 10. The busiest hour in the past 48 was 04:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.
What position does VRC Rust hold among Rust servers?
On player hours for the past seven days, VRC Rust sits at #2,592, inside the top 12% of ranked servers. Ranked against other solo servers, it comes in at #119.
Map and rules
What rules does VRC Rust enforce, and which settings does it use?
Nothing in the name of VRC Rust states a gather rate. No teams play here: solo only. survival is the mode, with the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. The server browser files it under Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins run here: Carbon. Anti-cheat: VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which region is VRC Rust hosted in?
Nothing on VRC Rust states a region. The location shown on Rust Live Stats is the one a server gives, not a lookup of the machine's position. Connect to 160.251.182.164:28015.
What Rust version is VRC Rust on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what VRC Rust runs. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is VRC Rust, and is it online at the moment?
Right now VRC Rust is online. It was online for 124 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, or 74% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Live Stats was on 30 September 2026.
Connecting
How do you get onto VRC Rust?
Enter client.connect 160.251.182.164:28015 in the console (F1 in Rust). Another way is Launch Rust and join on this page: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.