Online 73.8.224.163:28015 checked 9m ago
Rusty Bucket
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 2 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 40% 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 3h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 3hThu 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 2, 2 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 12:52 UTC26d ago | 2 | – | 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.
About the server
Is Rusty Bucket online, and how reliable is it?
Online now, Rusty Bucket is up. 167 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 99% of the time. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 19 September 2026.
Which Rust version is Rusty Bucket on?
On Windows, Rusty Bucket runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is Rusty Bucket located?
There is no region published on Rusty Bucket. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. You will find it at 73.8.224.163:28015.
Server tags
What do the server tags on Rusty Bucket mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): It holds 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, timed to Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded are the tags Rusty 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 Rusty Bucket?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include Rusty Bucket are: Modded Rust servers, live. Under the server list's filters it appears in: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server rules
Which map is running on Rusty Bucket?
The game generates the procedural map on Rusty Bucket.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Bucket?
The name of Rusty Bucket does not say what the gather rate is. The cap is 8 players per group, the game's default. survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running. Anti-cheat is off: VAC.
Population
What is the population on Rusty Bucket at the moment?
Out of 2 slots, 0 are taken on Rusty Bucket at this moment. Seven days back gives an average of 0 players and a peak of 2.
Where does Rusty Bucket sit in the rankings?
Ranked #8,845 on seven-day player hours, Rusty Bucket is in the top 40% of all ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Bucket?
With the force wipe, Rusty Bucket wipes once a month. When every Rust server wipes, on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, its next wipe is the force wipe. 26 days ago, its current world was made. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Bucket?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. 2 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe.
How to join
How do I join Rusty Bucket?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 73.8.224.163:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp2
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.