The count
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Salty Sheep
Key points
- 0 of 20 players are on now, 0% full.
- Over the last seven days it averages 0 players, with a peak of 1.
- It ranks #12,821, the top 58% of all ranked servers, and #1397 in NA.
- The current map has been up 2d 7h, since Monday 26 October, 15:22 UTC, on a monthly schedule.
- The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, in 7d 19h, with the force wipe.
Live coverage
newest first · every post is a reading of this serverEmbedded chart
Players on Salty Sheep
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, measured since 11 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Embedded chart
Rank #12,821 today
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 58% of all ranked servers, top 75% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Coming up · wipe schedule
Next wipe in 7d 19h
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
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
Monday 26 October 2026, 15:22 UTC
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- 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
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What should you expect from wipe day on Salty Sheep?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
On what timetable does Salty Sheep wipe?
The monthly force wipe is the only wipe Salty Sheep takes. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world you are playing on was built 2 days 7 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Tags and filters
Which Rust Live Stats filters and lists does Salty Sheep show up in?
The Rust Live Stats lists that include Salty Sheep are Modded Rust servers live now and North America Rust servers, live. Under the filters Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days it appears on the server list.
What do the tags listed for Salty Sheep signify?
These are the tags Salty Sheep makes public: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival, in the Rust style; mp20 (Max players): Slots: 20; 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 is the network layer — the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code: none set; ^m (Monthly): A single monthly wipe, set by Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): The rates, kits and rules are unchanged from what Facepunch ships; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or changed settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): The plugins run through Carbon; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. 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
What is the current population on Salty Sheep?
Live now: 0 players on Salty Sheep, out of 20 slots. The seven-day average is 0 players, with a peak of 1.
How does Salty Sheep compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?
North America places Salty Sheep at #1,397; overall it is #12,821, inside the top 58% of ranked servers, by seven-day player hours.
Map and rules
Which settings and rules are in force on Salty Sheep?
The name Salty Sheep carries no gather rate. The default applies: 8 players to a group. It runs survival, 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. The plugin load is Carbon. By its own label it is vanilla: the rates, kits and rules are unchanged from what Facepunch ships. Anti-cheat: VAC from Valve is enabled.
Can you tell me the map for Salty Sheep?
Size 4,000, seed 965939955: that is the procedural map the game generates for Salty Sheep. Size and seed repeat the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
About the server
What location is Salty Sheep in?
By its own NA tag, Salty Sheep sits in North America. A server's stated location is what Rust Live Stats shows; the machine's actual position is not looked up. Connect to 47.205.83.235:28015.
How well does Salty Sheep perform?
It never went below 167 server fps in the last 48 hours, averaging 228. Entity count reached 91,365: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Up to 2,865 MB of memory was used. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt as lag by players.
What version of Rust is running on Salty Sheep?
Salty Sheep operates on Windows with Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.
Is Salty Sheep up now, and how steady is its uptime?
At the time of this update, Salty Sheep is live. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 11 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, giving 100% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Live Stats was on 11 October 2026.
Connecting
How do you get onto Salty Sheep?
Use Launch Rust and join on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 47.205.83.235:28015.