The count
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Sanctuary Rust PVE
Key points
- 0 of 50 players are on now, 0% full.
- Over the last seven days it averages 0 players, with a peak of 2.
- It ranks #6,632, the top 30% of all ranked servers, and #1039 in NA.
- The current map has been up 27d 9h, since Thursday 1 October, 18:06 UTC, on a monthly schedule.
- The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, in 7d 15h, with the force wipe.
Live coverage
newest first · every post is a reading of this serverEmbedded chart
Players on Sanctuary Rust 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Embedded chart
Rank #6,632 today
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 30% of all ranked servers, top 56% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Coming up · wipe schedule
Next wipe in 7d 15h
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 15hThu 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 4, 5 hours in.
Wipes
newest firstForce wipe
Force wipe peaks at 4 players
Thursday 1 October 2026, 18:06 UTC FW
- Peak
- 4
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 0
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 6 players
Thursday 17 September 2026, 18:31 UTC
- Peak
- 6
- Crowd
- halved by day 5
- Lasted
- 14 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.
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What should you expect from wipe day on Sanctuary Rust PVE?
Recent wipes on this server averaged a peak of 5 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 5 hours in. Half the peak was held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. On those occasions it fell below half by day 5.
How often does Sanctuary Rust PVE wipe, and at what times?
The monthly force wipe is the only wipe Sanctuary Rust PVE takes. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC brings the force wipe, its next wipe and one that hits every Rust server. The world you are playing on was built 27 days 9 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Lists and tags
Who operates Sanctuary Rust PVE?
No other server we track uses the sanctuarypve.com hostname Sanctuary Rust PVE publishes.
Where does Sanctuary Rust PVE appear in Rust Live Stats lists and filters?
These are the Rust Live Stats lists Sanctuary Rust PVE fits: Modded Rust servers live now, Rust PvE servers, live now and North America Rust servers, live. You will find it on the server list under Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
How should you read the tags on Sanctuary Rust PVE?
gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team at most, the game's default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2635, so match that version to join; 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): It wipes with Facepunch's force wipe, once each month; ^p (PvE): PvE: players do not fight each other, and the world is the danger; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings changes put this under Modded; NA (North America): North America is the browser listing for this server: that is the tag list Sanctuary Rust PVE publishes for the game's server browser. The current player count, the queue and the world's creation time also sit in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Population
How many players are on Sanctuary Rust PVE right now?
0 of Sanctuary Rust PVE's 50 slots are filled right now. The seven-day average is 0 players, with a peak of 2. Peak hour over 48 hours: 21:00 UTC, at 1 players on average.
What position does Sanctuary Rust PVE hold among Rust servers?
Sanctuary Rust PVE is #1,039 in North America on the past week's player hours, and #6,632 overall in the top 30% of ranked servers.
Map and rules
What settings and rules does Sanctuary Rust PVE run?
The name Sanctuary Rust PVE carries no gather rate. Eight players per group, which is the game's default. pve applies here, no fighting other players. The server browser files it under Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins run here: Oxide. Anti-cheat: VAC from Valve is enabled.
Which map is live on Sanctuary Rust PVE?
Sanctuary Rust PVE runs a game-generated procedural map: size 3,650, seed 214404319. RustMaps shows it from this page, since equal size and seed give an equal map.
Server details
Which region is Sanctuary Rust PVE hosted in?
Its NA tag places Sanctuary Rust PVE in North America. A server's stated location is what Rust Live Stats shows; the machine's actual position is not looked up. You can reach it at 66.51.96.72:28030.
What is performance like on Sanctuary Rust PVE?
The average server fps was 60 over the last 48 hours; the lowest was 55. Entity count reached 115,130: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. The highest memory usage was 3,953 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt as lag by players.
What Rust version is Sanctuary Rust PVE on?
Sanctuary Rust PVE operates on Linux with Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.
Does Sanctuary Rust PVE stay online, and is it up right now?
At the time of this update, Sanctuary Rust PVE is live. About 22 hours ago is when it last restarted, according to its uptime. It was online for 166 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. On 13 September 2026, Rust Live Stats saw it for the first time.
How to join
How do you get onto Sanctuary Rust 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 66.51.96.72:28030. The server's website: https://sanctuaryrust.com.