The Rust Bucket
Offline 173.237.43.23:20000 checked 6d ago
Players
average and peak, with its wipes markedEvery five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
fps, entities and memory, from asking the server directly48 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 4 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot 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 3, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10 Oct, 00:49 UTC18d ago | 3 | – | running | 3 |
| Mon 5 Oct, 21:50 UTC22d ago | 3 | held half | 4.1 days | 3 |
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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes| Server | Profile | Players now |
|---|---|---|
| Rusty Moose |EU Mondays| | EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 553 on average | 504 / 575 |
| Rustoria.co - EU East Long | EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 318 on average | 339 / 400 |
| Rusty Moose |EU Main| | EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 297 on average | 39 / 250 |
| Rustoria.co - EU Main | EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 296 on average | 35 / 250 |
| Rustafied.com - EU Friday | EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 272 on average | 105 / 150 |
| Rustoria.co - EU East Medium | EU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 253 on average | 126 / 200 |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe data
When does The Rust Bucket wipe?
The rhythm of The Rust Bucket cannot yet be told: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 18 days 20 hours ago the current world was made.
Wipe day on The Rust Bucket: what should you expect?
Recent wipes averaged a busiest count of 3 players. The highest player count on the latest wipe arrived 0 hours in. Above half that peak until the next wipe held in 100% of recent wipes.
Server
Which location hosts The Rust Bucket?
A region is not published by The Rust Bucket. A server's stated location is what Rust Server Analytics shows; where the machine stands is not looked up. The address of the server is 173.237.43.23:20000.
Which Rust version is The Rust Bucket on?
On Linux, The Rust Bucket runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is The Rust Bucket, and is it online now?
Offline at this refresh: The Rust Bucket, last seen 6 days 10 hours ago. 21% uptime over the last 7 full days, equal to 36 of 168 hours. It entered Rust Server Analytics records on 4 October 2026.
Lists and tags
What do The Rust Bucket's tags stand for?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Rust Bucket publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp5 (Max players): Player slots: 5; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size of 8; v2634 (Protocol): Joining needs your game on protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.
On Rust Server Analytics, which lists and filters feature The Rust Bucket?
Among the Rust Server Analytics lists The Rust Bucket fits are: Community Rust servers, live. It appears on the server list under the following filters: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Population
Where does The Rust Bucket sit among Rust servers?
On player hours over seven days, The Rust Bucket ranks #15,348, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
What is the population of The Rust Bucket?
The last sighting of The Rust Bucket was 6 days 10 hours ago; it is offline at this refresh. Averaged across seven days, the population is 0 players.
Map and rules
What settings and rules does The Rust Bucket use?
No gather rate is given in the name of The Rust Bucket. No custom group limit: 8 players is the standard. It runs survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Player-versus-player combat and raiding are both enabled. Community is its listing; it is a community server. Anti-cheat status: VAC on.
What is the map for The Rust Bucket?
The game generates a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 42069 for The Rust Bucket. Size and seed fix the map, so a RustMaps view is available from this page.
How to join
What is the way onto The Rust Bucket?
Use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 173.237.43.23:20000.