Offline 174.20.162.154:28015 checked 8d ago
Sludgefest
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 500 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 69% of all ranked servers. 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.
Server details
Is Sludgefest online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment, Sludgefest was last seen 8 days 4 hours ago. 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 0 of 168 hours up. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 19 October 2026.
Which Rust version is Sludgefest on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows: that is the setup at Sludgefest. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is Sludgefest located?
Nothing on Sludgefest states a region. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. You will find it at 174.20.162.154:28015.
Server tags
What do the server tags on Sludgefest mean?
gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp500 (Max players): The cap is 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): It runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one are the tags Sludgefest publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. You will also find its current players, its queue and the age of its world in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Sludgefest?
You will find Sludgefest on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Community servers, ranked live. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Rules and settings
Which map is running on Sludgefest?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Sludgefest runs.
What are the rules and settings on Sludgefest?
The name of Sludgefest does not say what the gather rate is. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. PvP is on, and so is raiding. You will find it listed as Community. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Population
What is the population on Sludgefest at the moment?
Down at the moment, Sludgefest was last seen 8 days 4 hours ago.
Where does Sludgefest sit in the rankings?
The last seven days put Sludgefest at #15,332 on player hours: top 69% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Sludgefest?
The record holds too few of Sludgefest's wipes to tell its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe lands, and every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now was made 8 days 4 hours ago.
Joining the server
How do I join Sludgefest?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 174.20.162.154:28015. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp500
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.