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Exhibit no. 8,888Acc. 2026.8888
Rusty Bucket
Rust server · in the archive since 19 September 2026
Online 73.8.224.163:28015 checked 9m 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.
19 Sep Now 3 Oct12:52 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 30 Oct 2026, 05:30 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Sat 3 Oct 202612:52 UTC26d 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 6d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 6d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 34d 13hThu 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, 2 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 40% 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 Rusty Bucket mean?
You can see the tags Rusty Bucket publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp2 (Max players): The server holds 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap of 8 per team applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2635; matching it is required to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): On a monthly schedule the server wipes with Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded. 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 Bucket?
These Rust Server History lists include Rusty Bucket: Modded Rust servers: the record. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server record
Which version of Rust does Rusty Bucket run?
On Windows, Rusty Bucket runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is Rusty Bucket online, and how reliable is it?
At this moment Rusty Bucket is online. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were up: 99% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 19 September 2026.
Where is Rusty Bucket located?
No region is published by Rusty Bucket. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You can reach it at 73.8.224.163:28015.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Bucket?
2 players on average was the busiest its recent wipes drew. On the latest wipe, 2 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Bucket?
The force wipe is the only wipe on Rusty Bucket, once a month. 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 26 days 15 hours ago. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
How does Rusty Bucket rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Rusty Bucket at #8,888, among the top 40% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Rusty Bucket?
Of its 2 slots, Rusty Bucket currently has 0 filled. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 0 players and a peak of 2.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Bucket?
The name of Rusty Bucket carries no gather rate. No group may exceed 8 players, the default set by the game. survival is the game mode, gathering, building and raiding: the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. Plugins or settings alter the game here, and the browser lists the server under Modded. Oxide plugins are running. VAC from Valve is switched off.
Which map does Rusty Bucket run?
Generated by the game, the map on Rusty Bucket is procedural.
Joining the server
How do I join Rusty Bucket?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 73.8.224.163:28015 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 mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp2
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.