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Africa
Online 198.73.57.173:28015 checked 9m 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 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
Not 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.
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01COMPlayers 27/150
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02COMPlayers 59/100
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03COMPlayers 4/50
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04COMPlayers 2/100
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05COMPlayers 7/50
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06COMPlayers 3/100
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which lists and filters on Rust Tracker show Africa?
These Rust Tracker lists carry Africa: Community servers, no tags. It comes up under these filters on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags does Africa carry, and what do they mean?
These tags are published by Africa for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard mode; mp30 (Max players): Capacity: 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8; this is the game default; v2631 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2631; cs156658 (Build): The game build is 156658; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. At the top of this page you also get the queue, the players now and the world's creation time, all from the tags.
Wipe Times
On what schedule does Africa wipe?
Africa's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few wipes on record. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe. No server is exempt. Its world went live 117 days 6 hours.
Server Details
Is Africa up, and how does its uptime hold?
Right now Africa is online. About 11 days ago it restarted last, based on reported uptime. 167 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days: 99% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Tracker was 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build is Africa running?
Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658 on Windows is what Africa runs. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How smoothly does Africa run?
Server fps held an average of 87 across the last 48 hours, never below 61. Maximum entities carried: 100,086, from buildings and deployables to everything else. It drew as much as 4,926 MB of memory. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.
What location is Africa hosted in?
No region tag from Africa, but the name points to Africa. The location shown by Rust Tracker is the server's own claim; no lookup of the machine's position is made. Connect on 198.73.57.173:28015.
Player Count
Is Africa busy?
Africa is at 0 players, capacity 30. The last seven days put it at 0 players on average.
Where does Africa sit in the server rankings?
Top 69% of all ranked servers, and #15,310 on seven-day player hours: Africa.
Settings
Which settings and rules are confirmed on Africa?
No gather rate appears in Africa's name. The game's default applies: groups can have up to 8 players. It runs survival, gather, build, raid, as the game intends. Players can raid and fight each other here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is loaded on Africa?
Generated by the game from seed 1104, the procedural map on Africa measures 4,250. Same size, same seed, same map. RustMaps shows it, linked from this page.
How to Join
Which steps join Africa?
Open the console in Rust with F1 after starting the game, then type client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015. Alternatively, Launch Rust here opens Rust via Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,gmrust,cs156658,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp30
ts8
v2631
cs156658
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.