The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 11,112Acc. 2026.11112
DST Sandbox Server
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 66.51.97.53:28005 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.
13 Sep Now 1 Oct20:13 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 08:40 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202620:13 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 3
- 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 7d 10h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 10hThu 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 3, 47 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 50% 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 DST Sandbox Server mean?
You can see the tags DST Sandbox Server publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): The server holds 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default caps teams at 8; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe falls on this server, and a wipe comes once a month; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded. 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 DST Sandbox Server?
These Rust Server History lists include DST Sandbox Server: Modded Rust servers: the record and Rust build 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.
Server record
Does DST Sandbox Server run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 5 server fps; the low was 5. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 208,505 entities. Up to 4,147 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drop and the entity count climbs.
Which version of Rust does DST Sandbox Server run?
The recorded build for DST Sandbox Server is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is DST Sandbox Server online, and how reliable is it?
DST Sandbox Server is listed as online now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 4 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were up: 99% of the time. 13 September 2026 is when Rust Server History first saw it.
Where is DST Sandbox Server located?
No region is published by DST Sandbox Server. 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 66.51.97.53:28005.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on DST Sandbox Server?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 3 players. At 47 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on DST Sandbox Server?
DST Sandbox Server wipes with the force wipe, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 27 days 12 hours ago its current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Player counts
How does DST Sandbox Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over seven days of player hours, DST Sandbox Server ranks #11,112, inside the top 50% of all ranked servers.
How busy is DST Sandbox Server?
Of its 50 slots, DST Sandbox Server currently has 0 filled. The seven-day average stands at 0 players; the peak is 1. Stored history puts the busiest hour of the past 48 at 13:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on DST Sandbox Server?
The name of DST Sandbox Server carries no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit matches the game's default. Under game mode, the entry reads survival, the usual game, with gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does DST Sandbox Server run?
Generated by the game at size 6,000 with seed 343673, the map on DST Sandbox Server is procedural. 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 DST Sandbox Server?
Enter client.connect 66.51.97.53:28005 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.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
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.