48,587 players on Rust servers right now11,721 servers online3,224 with players on110 fresh wipes in the last three hoursThe Rust Bucket: 0 players (offline)Updated every five minutes48,587 players on Rust servers right now11,721 servers online3,224 with players on110 fresh wipes in the last three hoursThe Rust Bucket: 0 players (offline)Updated every five minutes
newest first · every post is a reading of this server
6d ago
The count
Last seen: 0 of 5 players
0/ 5players now0% full
07-day averagepeak –
#15,349ranktop 69%
18d agolast wipeno schedule published
–next wipetoo few wipes seen yet
Now
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Players on The Rust Bucket
Players
No five-minute samples in the last two hours.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
No hourly history yet.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
48h
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How the server is running
Server performance
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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 4 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Daily
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Rank #15,349 today
Rank
daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Next
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.
4.1 daysusual gapbetween real wipes
3wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
100%crowd heldof its cycles kept half the crowd
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Sat 10 OctMon 5 Oct
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first
18d ago
The current map
Wipe peaks at 3 players
Saturday 10 October 2026, 00:49 UTC
Peak
3
Crowd
–
Lasted
running
Players before
3
23d ago
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 3 players
Monday 5 October 2026, 21:50 UTC
Peak
3
Crowd
held half
Lasted
4.1 days
Players before
3
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
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The average peak across its recent wipes is 3 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Half the peak was held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
QOn what timetable does The Rust Bucket wipe?
The record holds too few of The Rust Bucket's wipes to reveal its rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe, and no Rust server is spared it. The world you are playing on was built 18 days 23 hours.
Tags and categories
QWhere does The Rust Bucket appear in Rust Live Stats lists and filters?
These are the Rust Live Stats lists The Rust Bucket fits: Live Rust community servers. Under the filters Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more it appears on the server list.
QWhat meaning do the tags on The Rust Bucket carry?
The server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams stop at 8, the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2634, so match that version to join; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard the game uses; $r? (Region code): The server sets no region code, which The Rust Bucket publishes. 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 counts
QHow many players are on The Rust Bucket right now?
The Rust Bucket is not online at the moment, having last been seen 6 days 12 hours ago. Averaged over seven days: 0 players.
QHow does The Rust Bucket compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?
On player hours for the past seven days, The Rust Bucket sits at #15,349, inside the top 69% of ranked servers.
Map and rules
QWhich settings and rules are in force on The Rust Bucket?
No gather rate appears in the name The Rust Bucket. No custom limit is set, so groups hold the default 8 players. It runs survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Raiding and player combat are both permitted. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC is enabled: Valve's anti-cheat.
QWhich map is live on The Rust Bucket?
The Rust Bucket runs a game-generated procedural map: size 3,000, seed 42069. Same size, same seed, same map: RustMaps has it, reachable from this page.
Server details
QWhich region is The Rust Bucket hosted in?
No region is published by The Rust Bucket. The location shown on Rust Live Stats is the one a server gives, not a lookup of the machine's position. You can reach it at 173.237.43.23:20000.
QWhat Rust version is The Rust Bucket on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what The Rust Bucket runs. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
QHow reliable is The Rust Bucket, and is it online at the moment?
As of now, The Rust Bucket is offline; the last sighting was 6 days 12 hours ago. 12 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, giving 7% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Live Stats was on 4 October 2026.
How to join
QWhat steps connect you to The Rust Bucket?
Enter client.connect 173.237.43.23:20000 in the console (F1 in Rust). Another way is Launch Rust and join on this page: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
what each one means
Published asmp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
Game modeThe game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp5
Max players5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limitTeams stop at 8, the default the game ships with.
v2634
ProtocolThe server runs protocol 2634, so match that version to join.
cs167781
BuildThe game build is 167781.
ptrak
NetworkingThe network layer is RakNet, the standard the game uses.
$r?
Region codeThe server sets no region code.
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.