Online 66.51.97.53:28005 checked 10m ago
DST Sandbox Server
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 50 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 50% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 7d 12h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 12hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 47 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:13 UTC FW27d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
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 DST Sandbox Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now DST Sandbox Server is online. The reported uptime puts the last restart at roughly 1 hours ago. 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 167 of 168 hours up. On 13 September 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Does DST Sandbox Server run smoothly?
5 server fps on average over 48 hours, and never under 5. Up to 208,505 entities sat in the world, buildings and deployables included. Memory use reached 4,147 MB. What players feel as lag is low fps paired with an entity count on the rise.
Which Rust version is DST Sandbox Server on?
On Linux, DST Sandbox Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is DST Sandbox Server located?
There is no region published on DST Sandbox Server. 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 66.51.97.53:28005.
Tags
What do the server tags on DST Sandbox Server mean?
Tags published by DST Sandbox Server and picked up by the in-game browser: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp50 (Max players): It holds 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): No more than 8 to a team, as the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): Game protocol 2635: join only if your game matches that version; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe is the monthly wipe here; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded. 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 DST Sandbox Server?
These Rust Player Stats lists take DST Sandbox Server: Modded Rust servers, live and Build and creative servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Map and rules
Which map is running on DST Sandbox Server?
Size 6,000, seed 343673: that is the procedural map DST Sandbox Server 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 DST Sandbox Server?
The name of DST Sandbox Server 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. You can fight and raid other players here. The server browser files it under Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
What is the population on DST Sandbox Server at the moment?
Out of 50 slots, 0 are taken on DST Sandbox Server at this moment. Seven days back gives an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. Peak traffic in the last 48 hours landed at 13:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.
Where does DST Sandbox Server sit in the rankings?
Ranked #11,110 on seven-day player hours, DST Sandbox Server is in the top 50% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on DST Sandbox Server?
With the force wipe, DST Sandbox Server wipes once a month. When every Rust server wipes, on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, its next wipe is the force wipe. 27 days 10 hours ago is when its current world was made. The wipe schedule in its tags is monthly.
What does wipe day look like on DST Sandbox Server?
3 players on average is what its recent wipes drew at their busiest. The crowd reached its peak 47 hours after the latest wipe.
Joining the server
How do I join DST Sandbox Server?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 66.51.97.53:28005. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
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.