Offline 137.83.97.28:28015 checked 35d ago
The Sandbox
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 10 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe 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 1, 0 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 15 Sep, 16:32 UTC42d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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 Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
The Sandbox sits offline; 35 days 15 hours ago is when it was last seen. 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 0 of 168 hours up. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 13 September 2026.
Which Rust version is The Sandbox on?
Windows carries Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 at The Sandbox. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is The Sandbox located?
No region is published by The Sandbox. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. You will find it at 137.83.97.28:28015.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Sandbox mean?
gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp10 (Max players): The cap is 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2633 (Protocol): Game protocol 2633: join only if your game matches that version; cs163794 (Build): The game build here is 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded are the tags The Sandbox publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. 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 Sandbox?
You will find The Sandbox on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Modded Rust servers, live and Build and creative servers, live. Under the server list's filters it appears in: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Map and rules
Which map is running on The Sandbox?
The Sandbox runs a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on The Sandbox?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Sandbox. The cap is 8 players per group, the game's default. survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. PvP is on, and so is raiding. 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 Sandbox right now?
Last seen 35 days 15 hours ago, The Sandbox is offline right now.
Where does The Sandbox sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days place The Sandbox at #13,234, among the top 57% of ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on The Sandbox?
To tell its rhythm, more of The Sandbox's wipes need to be on record. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 42 days 8 hours ago, its current world was made.
What does wipe day look like on The Sandbox?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 0 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe.
Joining the server
How do I join The Sandbox?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 137.83.97.28:28015. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2633
cs163794
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.