The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 15,419Acc. 2026.15419
The Ponderosa
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 64.40.8.66:28019 checked 8m 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 5 Oct12:26
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 28 Oct 2026, 05:40 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
-
Mon 5 Oct 202612:26 UTC22d ago
- Peak
- 0
- 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
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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 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 69% 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, lists
What do the server tags on The Ponderosa mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by The Ponderosa: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are set on this server; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap of 8 per team applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded. At the top of this page you also see the current players, the queue and when the world was made, all from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include The Ponderosa?
The Rust Server History lists that feature The Ponderosa are: Modded Rust servers: the record. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server entry
Does The Ponderosa run smoothly?
Averaged over the last 48 hours: 28 server fps, with 8 the lowest. As many as 66,466 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. Up to 8,768 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drop and the entity count climbs.
Which version of Rust does The Ponderosa run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the build The Ponderosa runs, on Linux. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is The Ponderosa online, and how reliable is it?
At this moment The Ponderosa is online. About 14 days ago is when it last restarted, judged by the uptime it reports. 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time, over the last 7 full days. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 13 September 2026.
Where is The Ponderosa located?
You will find no region published by The Ponderosa. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. Its entry gives 64.40.8.66:28019 as the address.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on The Ponderosa?
An average peak of 0 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 0 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Ponderosa?
The rhythm of The Ponderosa cannot be told yet, as too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe comes next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and every Rust server wipes then. Made 22 days 17 hours ago, the current world is what it runs now.
Population
How does The Ponderosa rank against other Rust servers?
Over seven days of player hours, The Ponderosa ranks #15,419, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Ponderosa?
0 players are on The Ponderosa at present, from 40 slots. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 0 players.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on The Ponderosa?
The name of The Ponderosa carries no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit matches the game's default. survival is the game mode, gathering, building and raiding: the standard game. You may fight and raid other players. Under Modded in the server browser, the game is changed by plugins or settings. The plugin count is Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does The Ponderosa run?
A procedural map of size 5,800 with seed 1 is what The Ponderosa runs, generated by the game. One size and seed produce one map, which RustMaps can show you from this page. Under map name, the entry reads: Custom Map.
Join record
How do I join The Ponderosa?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 64.40.8.66:28019 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
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.