Online 23.109.125.23:25731 checked 11m ago
The Rust Bucket
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 5 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 22 Oct. 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 The Rust Bucket online, and how reliable is it?
The lights are on at The Rust Bucket: online as you read this. The reported uptime puts the last restart at roughly 2 days 16 hours ago. 143 of 144 hours were up over the last 6 full days, 99% of the time. On 22 October 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Does The Rust Bucket run smoothly?
Averaging 215 server fps across the last 48 hours, it held a floor of 187. Its entity count reached 50,610: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. The memory ceiling was 3,546 MB. A climbing entity count plus low fps: that is lag, as players experience it.
Which Rust version is The Rust Bucket on?
On Linux, The Rust Bucket runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is The Rust Bucket located?
No region is published by The Rust Bucket. 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 23.109.125.23:25731.
Server tags
What do the server tags on The Rust Bucket mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival as standard; mp5 (Max players): It holds 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank are the tags The Rust Bucket publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include The Rust Bucket?
You will find The Rust Bucket 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.
Server rules
Which map is running on The Rust Bucket?
Size 3,000, seed 42069: that is the procedural map The Rust Bucket runs, generated by the game. Same size, same seed, same map, so RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on The Rust Bucket?
Nothing in the name of The Rust Bucket states a gather rate. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. gather, build, raid: the standard game: that is the survival game mode. You can fight and raid other players here. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Player counts
What is the population on The Rust Bucket at the moment?
Out of 5 slots, 0 are taken on The Rust Bucket at this moment. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.
Where does The Rust Bucket sit in the rankings?
Ranked #15,341 on seven-day player hours, The Rust Bucket is in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on The Rust Bucket?
The rhythm of The Rust Bucket's wipes cannot be told yet, because not enough are on record. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 19 days 15 hours ago, its current world was made.
Connect
How do I join The Rust Bucket?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 23.109.125.23:25731. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp5
ts8
v2635
cs168909
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.