BCK15344
The Rust Bucket
Offline 173.237.43.23:20000 checked 6d ago
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 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 UTC23d 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.
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01COMPlayers 320/375
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02COMPlayers 203/250
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03COMPlayers 35/250
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04COMPlayers 24/250
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05COMPlayers 52/100
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06COMPlayers 65/200
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Filters
Which lists and filters on Rust Tracker show The Rust Bucket?
Community servers, no tags — the Rust Tracker lists that include The Rust Bucket. It comes up under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags does The Rust Bucket carry, and what do they mean?
These tags are published by The Rust Bucket for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard mode; mp5 (Max players): Capacity: 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size: 8; v2634 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): Network layer is RakNet, which is standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; all appear at the top of this page.
Wipe Times
What should you expect on The Rust Bucket when wipe day lands?
At their busiest, recent wipes averaged 3 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it. Recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next wipe 100% of the time.
On what schedule does The Rust Bucket wipe?
Too few wipes on record for The Rust Bucket to show its rhythm. Next monthly force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes with it. 18 days 23 hours since this world was made.
Server Details
How reliable is The Rust Bucket, and is it online now?
Offline: The Rust Bucket confirmed offline, last seen 6 days 12 hours ago. 36 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days: 21% uptime. First contact for Rust Tracker: 4 October 2026.
Which Rust version is confirmed on The Rust Bucket?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what The Rust Bucket runs. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
What location is The Rust Bucket hosted in?
No region is published by The Rust Bucket. Where a server says it is, Rust Tracker shows; where the machine stands, it does not look up. Connect on 173.237.43.23:20000.
Player Count
What is the player count on The Rust Bucket?
Last seen 6 days 12 hours ago; The Rust Bucket is offline at present. The last seven days put it at 0 players on average.
How does The Rust Bucket compare in the rankings?
On player hours over seven days, The Rust Bucket ranks #15,344, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Settings
Which settings and rules are confirmed on The Rust Bucket?
No gather rate appears in The Rust Bucket's name. The game's default applies: groups can have up to 8 players. It runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Players can raid and fight each other here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. On: VAC, Valve's anti-cheat.
What map is The Rust Bucket on?
The map on The Rust Bucket is procedural, size 3,000, seed 42069, generated by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: equal size and seed return the same map.
Connect
Which steps join The Rust Bucket?
Open the console in Rust with F1 after starting the game, then type client.connect 173.237.43.23:20000. Alternatively, Launch Rust here opens Rust via Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp5
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
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.