The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 2,769Acc. 2026.2769
RUSTY METAL
Rust server · in the archive since 22 September 2026
Online 51.81.167.181:60402 checked 14m 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.
22 Sep Now 23 Sep22:53 1 Oct21:43 · FW 18 Oct01:14 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 28 Oct 2026, 11:45 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Sun 18 Oct 202601:14 UTC10d ago
- Peak
- 4
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 0
-
Thu 1 Oct 202621:43 UTC FW26d ago
- Peak
- 4
- Crowd
- held half
- Lasted
- 16.1 days
- Players before
- 0
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Wed 23 Sep 202622:53 UTC34d ago
- Peak
- 4
- Crowd
- halved by day 2
- Lasted
- 8 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 7h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 7hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 7hThu 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, 17 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 23 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 12% of all ranked servers. 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.
Tags and filters
What do the server tags on RUSTY METAL mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by RUSTY METAL: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): The server holds 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap of 8 per team applies here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe applies here, as does the force wipe from Facepunch; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Shown at the top of this page are the current players, the queue and the world's age, also taken from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include RUSTY METAL?
These Rust Server History lists include RUSTY METAL: Modded Rust servers: the record. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server record
Does RUSTY METAL run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 131 server fps; the low was 96. As many as 127,124 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. The highest memory use was 4,042 MB. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does RUSTY METAL run?
The recorded build for RUSTY METAL is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is RUSTY METAL online, and how reliable is it?
RUSTY METAL is listed as online now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 21 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were up: 100% of the time. 22 September 2026 is when Rust Server History first saw it.
Where is RUSTY METAL located?
You will find no region published by RUSTY METAL. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 51.81.167.181:60402.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on RUSTY METAL?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 4 players. At 17 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Above half that peak until the next wipe it stayed in 50% of its recent wipes. The fall below half came by day 2 in those wipes where it didn't hold.
What is the wipe schedule on RUSTY METAL?
Once a month RUSTY METAL wipes, with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 10 days 10 hours ago its current world was made. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
How does RUSTY METAL rank against other Rust servers?
Over seven days of player hours, RUSTY METAL ranks #2,769, inside the top 12% of all ranked servers.
How busy is RUSTY METAL?
0 players are on RUSTY METAL at present, from 100 slots. A seven-day average of 1 players is recorded, with a peak of 4. Stored history puts the busiest hour of the past 48 at 03:00 UTC, averaging 3 players.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on RUSTY METAL?
You will not find a gather rate in the name of RUSTY METAL. The limit of 8 players per group is the game's default. Recorded as survival, with this note: gather, build, raid: the standard game. You may fight and raid other players. Under Modded in the server browser, the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does RUSTY METAL run?
A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1337 is what RUSTY METAL 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.
How to join
How do I join RUSTY METAL?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 51.81.167.181:60402 to connect. Launch Rust from this page instead and you join through Steam with the connect already made.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.