Africa
Online 198.73.57.173:28015 checked 13m 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 17 Sep. 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
from the wipes we sawNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes| Server | Profile | Players now |
|---|---|---|
| Intoxicated ZA Vanilla 3 - 01 Oct | AF · groups of 8+ · monthly · 18 on average | 15 / 150 |
| Intoxicated ZA Vanilla 1 - Wipe soon | AF · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 7 on average | 3 / 100 |
| ServerZ Rust Monthly ZA | AF · groups of 8+ · monthly · 1 on average | 0 / 50 |
| Voodoo ZA | AF · groups of 8+ · monthly · 1 on average | 0 / 100 |
| KAKGENOEG NO KOS SOLO | DUO | TRIO za | AF · trio · monthly · 2 on average | 1 / 50 |
| CORDEX NO KOS, SOLO, DUO, TRIO | AF · trio · monthly · 1 on average | 0 / 100 |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe cycle
The wipe schedule for Africa: what is it?
Too few wipes on record for Africa to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives and every Rust server wipes. The world now in play was created 117 days 1 hours ago.
Server
In which region does Africa sit?
Without a region tag, Africa still has a name that points to Africa. Rust Server Analytics does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 198.73.57.173:28015 is its address.
Which Rust version is Africa on?
Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658 on Windows is the setup for Africa. The protocol has to match before you can join; Steam updates it automatically.
How reliable is Africa, and is it online now?
Africa reports online at the current check. Its reported uptime indicates a restart roughly 10 days 20 hours ago. Uptime over the last full days (7) was 99%, or 167 of 168 hours. It entered Rust Server Analytics records on 13 September 2026.
Is performance on Africa stable?
Over 48 hours the average held at 88 server fps, and the minimum was 61. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects brought the entity total to 100,086. Peak memory was 4,926 MB. Players experience lag as low fps combined with a rising entity count.
Tags
Which meanings do the tags on Africa carry?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard ruleset; mp30 (Max players): Capacity of 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: 8 per team at most; v2631 (Protocol): To join, your game version must match protocol 2631; cs156658 (Build): The game build is 156658; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank are the tags Africa publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.
Where does Africa appear across Rust Server Analytics's lists and filters?
Among the Rust Server Analytics lists Africa fits are: Community Rust servers, live. It appears on the server list under the following filters: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Population
What position does Africa hold in the server rankings?
On player hours over seven days, Africa ranks #15,335, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
What is the population of Africa?
Of 30 slots, 0 are filled on Africa at this refresh. The population has averaged 0 players over seven days.
Map and rules
What are the settings on Africa, and its rules?
The name of Africa does not state a gather rate. The default group cap of 8 players applies. survival is the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Both fighting and raiding between players are allowed. The Community category in the server browser lists it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
The map on Africa: which one is it?
A procedural map of size 4,250 with seed 1104, generated by the game, runs on Africa. The map is reproducible from its size and seed and can be seen on RustMaps from here.
How to join
How can a player join Africa?
Use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015.