The Rusty Rifle
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 0/ 50 0% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪+0 no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak 1
- Rank
- #7,360 top 33% · #1145 in NA
- Rank · 7d ago
- #7,989 ▲629 places up
- Last wipe
- 9d ago monthly schedule
- Next wipe
- 22d 22h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 16 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 4500 Procedural Map · seed 292611345
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026 no hostname published
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC. Busiest hour of the two days: 1 players.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server 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.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 33% of all ranked servers, top 62% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes only- wipe-day peak
- 2 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 22hThu 5 Nov, 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, 22 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 4 Oct, 18:23 UTC9d 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| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [US] RustEZ Scourge PvE | Zombies | No Raiding | No KillingNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 66 on average | 73/200 | ▪+0−0.6% | |
| 2 | [US] RustEZ Survival PvE | No Decay | No Raiding | No KillingNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 65 on average | 46/200 | ▼−25−35.1% | |
| 3 | Zombie Land PVE Monthly | Raids | Skills | Custom MapsNA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 62 on average | 61/100 | ▲+1+1.1% | |
| 4 | Hex US PVE Monthly 1X BiWeekly 5X | RPG | Custom Weapons | JetNA · no group limit · 1x · monthly · 50 on average | 46/100 | ▲+5+11.3% | |
| 5 | [US] Salty Zombies PvE #1 | Skills | Raid | Quests | Jetpack | NA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 42 on average | 47/150 | ▼−8−14.4% | |
| 6 | RustPlay PVE/PVP-Zones TP|Zombies|LVLs|Kits|Quests|Clans|+More!NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 27 on average | 25/420 | ▼−15−37.8% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageRules & Settings
How is The Rusty Rifle configured in terms of rules and settings?
No gather rate is given in the name of The Rusty Rifle. Up to 8 players per group, which is the game's default. pve is the mode, player-versus-player combat is absent. Modded is its category in the server browser; plugins or settings modify the game. Plugin count: Oxide. Entry requires Rust's premium status. VAC is active.
Which map is played on The Rusty Rifle?
The Rusty Rifle uses a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 292611345, generated by the game. The map is reproducible from its size and seed; RustMaps shows it from this page.
Activity
What position does The Rusty Rifle hold in the server rankings?
On seven-day player hours, The Rusty Rifle sits at #7,360, in the top 33% across ranked servers and #1,145 in North America.
What is the population on The Rusty Rifle?
On The Rusty Rifle, 0 players are in now, out of 50 slots. The seven-day average is 0 players, with a peak of 1. At 23:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, it averaged 1 players, the busiest hour.
Wipe Cycle
What happens on wipe day at The Rusty Rifle?
An average of 2 players marked the busiest point of its recent wipes. 22 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does The Rusty Rifle schedule its wipes?
Once a month, at the force wipe, The Rusty Rifle wipes. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes at that time. 9 days 1 hours ago the current world was created. Its tags list a wipe each month.
Server Details
Where can The Rusty Rifle be found?
The NA tag and North America are what The Rusty Rifle lists for itself. The location shown by Rust Analytics is the one a server states; it does not verify the machine's position. You can reach it at 104.128.50.78:28015.
How is the performance on The Rusty Rifle?
Server fps over the last 48 hours: 125 on average, 60 at the lowest. The entity count reached 132,173, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Memory use peaked at 4,225 MB. A climbing entity count plus low fps is the lag players report.
The Rusty Rifle is on which Rust version?
The version in use at The Rusty Rifle: Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584, on Linux. The protocol has to match for you to join, and Steam applies that update.
What is the uptime and reliability of The Rusty Rifle?
The Rusty Rifle is up. It is taking players now. 1 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by the uptime it reports. The last 7 full days give 99% uptime, 167 hours on out of 168. The earliest Rust Analytics saw it was 13 September 2026.
Tags and Rankings
How should you interpret the tags on The Rusty Rifle?
These tags are published by The Rusty Rifle and read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The vanilla survival ruleset; mp50 (Max players): Capacity: 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At the game default, teams hold up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: matching game versions are required to join; cs167584 (Build): Build 167584; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is absent; ^m (Monthly): A single wipe each month, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): The world is the danger here, not other players; ^q (Premium): Entry requires Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is in use; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: the game is changed by plugins or settings; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time; this page shows them at the top.
The Rusty Rifle appears in which of the lists and filters on Rust Analytics?
On Rust Analytics, The Rusty Rifle matches these lists: Modded Rust servers, Best Rust PvE servers and North America Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Connection
How can I connect to The Rusty Rifle?
The console route: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 104.128.50.78:28015. The page's Launch Rust button opens Rust through Steam and connects you instead. Entry requires Rust's premium status. You can visit its website at https://chicagoservers.co.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,NA,^p,gmvanilla,cs167584,^q,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp50
ts8
v2634
cs167584
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^q
^o
^z
Region
NA
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.