The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 15,369Acc. 2026.15369
The Rusty Rifle
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online NA 104.128.50.78:28015 checked 10m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 4 Oct18:23 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 27 Oct 2026, 18:10 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Sun 4 Oct 202618:23 UTC22d ago
- Peak
- 2
- 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 9d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 9d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 37d 0hThu 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 2, 22 hours in.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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.
Rank
Top 70% of all ranked servers, top 83% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on The Rusty Rifle mean?
You can see the tags The Rusty Rifle publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This server runs vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): Slot count: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2635; matching it is required to join; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): The danger comes from the world, not other players; ^q (Premium): Rust premium status is needed to join; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and the world's creation time, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include The Rusty Rifle?
The Rust Server History lists that feature The Rusty Rifle are: Modded Rust servers: the record, Rust PvE servers, on record and North America Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
The record
Does The Rusty Rifle run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 112 server fps; the low was 93. As many as 139,395 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. Memory use peaked at 4,300 MB. Players feel lag when fps drop and the entity count climbs.
Which version of Rust does The Rusty Rifle run?
On Linux, The Rusty Rifle runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is The Rusty Rifle online, and how reliable is it?
The Rusty Rifle is listed as online now. About 6 hours ago is when it last restarted, judged by the uptime it reports. It was up for 168 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 100% of the time. 13 September 2026 is when Rust Server History first saw it.
Where is The Rusty Rifle located?
With its NA tag, The Rusty Rifle lists itself in North America. Rust Server History does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Its entry gives 104.128.50.78:28015 as the address.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on The Rusty Rifle?
An average peak of 2 players was drawn by its recent wipes. On the latest wipe, 22 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rusty Rifle?
The force wipe is the only wipe on The Rusty Rifle, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 22 days 23 hours ago its current world was made. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
How does The Rusty Rifle rank against other Rust servers?
The Rusty Rifle takes #1,552 in North America on seven-day player hours, with #15,369 overall and a place in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Rusty Rifle?
0 players are on The Rusty Rifle at present, from 50 slots. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 0 players.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on The Rusty Rifle?
No gather rate is stated in the name of The Rusty Rifle. The limit of 8 players per group is the game's default. pve is the game mode, no combat against other players. Under Modded in the server browser, the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins in use: Oxide. Rust premium status is needed to join. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does The Rusty Rifle run?
A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 292611345 is what The Rusty Rifle runs, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since one size and seed always give one map.
Join record
How do I join The Rusty Rifle?
Enter client.connect 104.128.50.78:28015 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Launch Rust and join on this page also works: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Rust premium status is needed to join. https://chicagoservers.co is its website.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^p,^m,NA,gmvanilla,cs167781,^q,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^q
^o
^z
Region
NA
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.