The Signal
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 0/ 30 0% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪+0 no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak –
- Rank
- #15,892 top 72% · #1539 in NA
- Rank · 7d ago
- #16,709 ▲817 places up
- Last wipe
- 89d ago no schedule published
- Next wipe
- – no wipe seen yet
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 0 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 4500 Custom Map · seed 1337
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026 no hostname published
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
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 72% of all ranked servers, top 83% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Wipes
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| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [US] Brits PvE Worlds 2.0 | RUST MMORPG | Quests | Custom WeapoNA · no group limit · biweekly · 198 on average | 176/2000 | ▼−15−7.9% | |
| 2 | [US] RustEZ Scourge PvE | Zombies | No Raiding | No KillingNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 64 on average | 64/200 | ▼−8−11.0% | |
| 3 | [US] RustEZ Survival PvE | No Decay | No Raiding | No KillingNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 61 on average | 50/200 | ▲+4+7.9% | |
| 4 | Zombie Land PVE Monthly | Raids | Skills | Custom MapsNA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 60 on average | 65/100 | ▲+4+7.1% | |
| 5 | Hex US PVE Monthly 1X BiWeekly 5X | RPG | Custom Weapons | JetNA · no group limit · 1x · monthly · 47 on average | 40/100 | ▼−7−15.2% | |
| 6 | Chrayntopia ♡ ︎PvE | RP | PvPNA · groups of 8+ · biweekly · 45 on average | 37/200 | ▼−2−4.5% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageRules & Settings
How is The Signal configured in terms of rules and settings?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Signal. Up to 8 players per group, which is the game's default. It runs pve, player-versus-player combat is absent. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use. VAC is active.
Which map is played on The Signal?
A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1337 runs on The Signal, created by the game. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps offers a view of it from this page. The name of the map reads: Custom Map.
Activity
What is the rank of The Signal?
On seven-day player hours, The Signal sits at #15,892, in the top 72% across ranked servers and #1,539 in North America.
What is the population on The Signal?
0 of 30 slots on The Signal are filled right now. Average players over the last seven days: 0.
Wipe Cycle
On what cycle does The Signal wipe?
There are too few wipes on record for The Signal to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe applies to every Rust server. The next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. This world has been running for 89 days 1 hours.
Server Details
What is the location of The Signal?
In North America, The Signal lists itself with the NA tag. The location shown by Rust Analytics is the one a server states; it does not verify the machine's position. 104.192.227.51:28015 is its address.
What is the performance like on The Signal?
Server fps over the last 48 hours: 52 on average, 35 at the lowest. At its peak it held 129,681 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 4,343 MB. Low fps and growing entities are the source of felt lag.
The Signal runs which version of Rust?
The version in use at The Signal: Rust network protocol 2631 and build 158240, on Windows. Joining requires the same protocol on your game, which Steam updates.
What is the uptime and reliability of The Signal?
Online at this moment: The Signal. Its own uptime figure dates the last restart to roughly 12 days 10 hours ago. 7 full days have passed with 100% uptime, 168 of 168 hours. 13 September 2026 is when Rust Analytics first saw it.
Tags and Rankings
How should you interpret the tags on The Signal?
The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp30 (Max players): Capacity: 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At the game default, teams hold up to 8; v2631 (Protocol): To join, your game needs protocol 2631; cs158240 (Build): Game build: 158240; ptrak (Networking): Runs on RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world is the threat; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is in use; ^z (Modded): Categorised as Modded: plugins or settings alter gameplay; NA (North America): The browser places this server in North America, which The Signal publishes. Also in the tags and at the top of this page: current players, queue and world creation time.
The Signal appears in which of the lists and filters on Rust Analytics?
On Rust Analytics, The Signal matches these lists: Modded Rust servers, Best Rust PvE servers and North America Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Connection
How can I connect to The Signal?
The console route: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 104.192.227.51:28015. The page's Launch Rust button opens Rust through Steam and connects you instead.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,^p,NA,gmrust,cs158240,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp30
ts8
v2631
cs158240
ptrak
$r?
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^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.