The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 15,960Acc. 2026.15960
Wayward Home
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Offline NA 66.51.98.53:28015 checked 23d 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 Last seen 1 Oct19:53 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectedlast seen, 5 Oct 2026, 18:35 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202619:53 UTC FW27d 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 7d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 19hThu 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, 1 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 71% of all ranked servers, top 84% 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.
Tags, lists
What do the server tags on Wayward Home mean?
These tags from Wayward Home, read by the game's server browser, are: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): The server holds 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): Build number: 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^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; ^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 Wayward Home?
The Rust Server History lists that feature Wayward Home are: Modded Rust servers: the record, Rust PvE servers, on record and North America Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: 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.
The record
Which version of Rust does Wayward Home run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 is the build Wayward Home runs, on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is Wayward Home online, and how reliable is it?
Wayward Home was last seen 23 days 4 hours ago and is offline right now. It was up for 0 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 0% of the time. First seen by Rust Server History on 13 September 2026.
Where is Wayward Home located?
With its NA tag, Wayward Home 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 66.51.98.53:28015 as the address.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on Wayward Home?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 2 players. On the latest wipe, 1 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Wayward Home?
Once a month Wayward Home 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. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 3 hours ago. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
How does Wayward Home rank against other Rust servers?
Seven days of player hours rank Wayward Home at #15,960, in the top 71% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #1,565.
How busy is Wayward Home?
The last sighting of Wayward Home in the live count was 23 days 4 hours ago; it is offline now.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Wayward Home?
No gather rate is stated in the name of Wayward Home. The limit of 8 players per group is the game's default. Recorded as pve, with this note: player combat is not allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game here, and the browser lists the server under Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does Wayward Home run?
A procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 142534215 is what Wayward Home 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.
Joining the server
How do I join Wayward Home?
Enter client.connect 66.51.98.53:28015 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.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,NA,^p,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2634
cs166494
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^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.