The Citadel
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 1/ 1 100% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪n/a no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak –
- Rank
- #13,786 top 62%
- Rank · 7d ago
- #13,794 ▲8 places up
- Last wipe
- 7d ago no schedule published
- Next wipe
- – no wipe seen yet
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 1 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- – Procedural Map
- First seen
- 6 Oct 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 62% of all ranked servers. 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 | Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 407 on average | 243/250 | ▼−33−12.0% | |
| 2 | Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 355 on average | 143/200 | ▪+0+0.3% | |
| 3 | Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 337 on average | 217/250 | ▲+11+5.3% | |
| 4 | Rustoria.co - EU LongEU · groups of 14+ · monthly · 333 on average | 139/200 | ▼−28−16.6% | |
| 5 | Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 299 on average | 18/250 | ▼−18−50.1% | |
| 6 | Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 282 on average | 121/150 | ▼−14−10.2% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageMap and Rules
How is The Citadel configured in terms of rules and settings?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Citadel. The default group size of 8 players applies here. It runs survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
What is the current map on The Citadel?
The game generates the procedural map on The Citadel.
Population
Where does The Citadel sit in the rankings?
In the top 62% of all ranked servers, The Citadel is #13,786 on player hours over the last seven days.
How many players does The Citadel have?
At present, The Citadel is offline; the last sighting was 7 days 11 hours ago.
Wipe Cycle
When does The Citadel schedule its wipes?
The record holds too few of The Citadel's wipes to establish its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server. Next: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 7 days 13 hours ago the current world was created.
Server Info
What is the location of The Citadel?
No region is published by The Citadel. Where a server says it is, Rust Analytics shows; where the machine stands, it does not look up. You can reach it at 50.82.0.135:28015.
The Citadel runs which version of Rust?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what The Citadel runs. The protocol has to match for you to join, and Steam applies that update.
How reliable is The Citadel and is it currently online?
The Citadel is down. The last time we saw it was 7 days 11 hours ago. The last 7 full days give 0% uptime, 0 hours on out of 168. The earliest Rust Analytics saw it was 6 October 2026.
Tags and Rankings
How should you interpret the tags on The Citadel?
The game's server browser reads gmvanilla (Game mode): The vanilla survival ruleset; mp1 (Max players): Capacity: 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Team size stays at the game default of 8; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game needs protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): Runs on RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code: none set, which The Citadel publishes. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time; this page shows them at the top.
On Rust Analytics, which lists and filters feature The Citadel?
The following Rust Analytics lists feature The Citadel: Rust community servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Joining the Server
What is the process to join The Citadel?
The console route: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 50.82.0.135:28015. The page's Launch Rust button opens Rust through Steam and connects you instead.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp1
ts8
v2634
cs166652
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.