Online 198.73.57.173:28015 checked 7m ago
Africa
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. 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 Africa online, and how reliable is it?
The lights are on at Africa: online as you read this. About 10 days 19 hours ago is when it restarted, judging by its reported uptime. The last 7 full days put it at 167 of 168 hours up, 99% uptime. On 13 September 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Does Africa run smoothly?
Averaging 88 server fps across the last 48 hours, it held a floor of 61. Up to 100,086 entities sat in the world, buildings and deployables included. Memory use reached 4,926 MB. A climbing entity count plus low fps: that is lag, as players experience it.
Which Rust version is Africa on?
Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658 on Windows: that is the setup at Africa. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is Africa located?
No region tag comes from Africa, but the name points to Africa. 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 198.73.57.173:28015.
Server tags
What do the server tags on Africa mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Africa: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp30 (Max players): It holds 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2631 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2631; cs156658 (Build): The game build here is 156658; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one. At the top of this page the tags give you its players right now, its queue and the date its world was created.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Africa?
These Rust Player Stats lists take Africa: Community servers, ranked live. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Rules and settings
Which map is running on Africa?
Size 4,250, seed 1104: that is the procedural map Africa runs, generated by the game. The map repeats with that size and seed, and you can view it on RustMaps from here.
What are the rules and settings on Africa?
No gather rate appears in the name of Africa. The cap is 8 players per group, the game's default. It plays as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players here. Community is its server browser category. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Player counts
How full is Africa right now?
Out of 30 slots, 0 are taken on Africa at this moment. Averaged out across the past week, the count is 0 players.
Where does Africa sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days place Africa at #15,335, among the top 69% of ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Africa?
To tell its rhythm, more of Africa's wipes need to be on record. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 117 days 1 hours ago is when its current world was made.
How to join
How do I join Africa?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,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.