Online NA 104.192.227.51:28015 checked 12m ago
The Signal
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 30 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% of all ranked servers, top 81% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
ResultsWipes
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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Operator and location
Is The Signal online, and how reliable is it?
Online now, The Signal is up. Going by the uptime it reports, the last restart came about 7 days 10 hours ago. 167 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 99% of the time. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 13 September 2026.
Does The Signal run smoothly?
36 server fps on average over 48 hours, and never under 17. Its entity count reached 129,899: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. 3,782 MB of memory was the high point. A climbing entity count plus low fps: that is lag, as players experience it.
Which Rust version is The Signal on?
Windows carries Rust network protocol 2631 and build 158240 at The Signal. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is The Signal located?
Its NA tag places The Signal in North America. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. 104.192.227.51:28015 is the address.
Server tags
What do the server tags on The Signal mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Signal: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp30 (Max players): The cap is 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): No more than 8 to a team, as the game sets by default; v2631 (Protocol): Game protocol 2631: join only if your game matches that version; cs158240 (Build): The game build here is 158240; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one; ^p (PvE): Players don't fight each other here; the world does the killing; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. You will also find its current players, its queue and the age of its world in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include The Signal?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include The Signal are: Modded Rust servers, live, Best Rust PvE servers (2026) and North America Rust servers. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server rules
Which map is running on The Signal?
The procedural map on The Signal is size 4,500, generated by the game from seed 1337. The map repeats with that size and seed, and you can view it on RustMaps from here. Its map is called Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on The Signal?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Signal. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. other players are not fought: that is the pve game mode. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are running. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Player counts
How full is The Signal right now?
0 of 30 slots are filled on The Signal right now. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.
Where does The Signal sit in the rankings?
The Signal sits at #15,339 for player hours in the past seven days — #1,509 in North America and inside the top 69% of every ranked server.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on The Signal?
The record holds too few of The Signal's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 103 days 12 hours ago, its current world was made.
How to join
How do I join The Signal?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 104.192.227.51:28015. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,^p,NA,gmrust,cs158240,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp30
ts8
v2631
cs158240
ptrak
$r?
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^o
^z
Region
NA
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.