The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 7,796Acc. 2026.7796
Cold Beer & Rust
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 3 October 2026
Online NA 66.51.99.81:28055 checked 16m 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.
The record of each wipe
No wipe seen yet.
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
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 5h. The force wipe
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 3 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 35% of all ranked servers, top 61% 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 Cold Beer & Rust mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by Cold Beer & Rust: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): The server holds 100 slots; ts16 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 16; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^c (Creative): No gathering: sandbox building, where you build what you like; ^z (Modded): Under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run through Carbon here; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. 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 Cold Beer & Rust?
These Rust Server History lists include Cold Beer & Rust: Modded Rust servers: the record, Rust build servers: the record, Creative Rust servers: the record and North America Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Creative ^c, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server record
Does Cold Beer & Rust run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 8 server fps; the low was 5. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 117,773 entities. Up to 4,691 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does Cold Beer & Rust run?
The recorded build for Cold Beer & Rust is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is Cold Beer & Rust online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows Cold Beer & Rust online right now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 2 days 19 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time, over the last 7 full days. First seen by Rust Server History on 3 October 2026.
Where is Cold Beer & Rust located?
The NA tag is how Cold Beer & Rust lists itself in North America. Rust Server History does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You will find it at 66.51.99.81:28055.
Wipe record
What is the wipe schedule on Cold Beer & Rust?
The next wipe on Cold Beer & Rust is an estimate, drawn from the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 25 days 11 hours ago its current world was made. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Player record
How does Cold Beer & Rust rank against other Rust servers?
Seven days of player hours rank Cold Beer & Rust at #7,796, in the top 35% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #1,146.
How busy is Cold Beer & Rust?
Against 100 slots, Cold Beer & Rust records 0 players right now. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 0 players and a peak of 1. The busiest hour of the last 48 was 19:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on Cold Beer & Rust?
No gather rate is stated in the name of Cold Beer & Rust. The group limit is 16 players. Under game mode, the entry reads build & creative, building in a sandbox, no gathering needed. Plugins or settings alter the game here, and the browser lists the server under Modded. The plugin count is Carbon. VAC from Valve is switched off.
Which map does Cold Beer & Rust run?
Generated by the game at size 4,500 with seed 1092026, the map on Cold Beer & Rust is procedural. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
Join record
How do I join Cold Beer & Rust?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 66.51.99.81:28055 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,^z,^y,^m,^c,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts16
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts16
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^c
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.