The Sandbox
Offline 137.83.97.22:28015 checked 24d ago
Li2Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Li3Server 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.
Li4Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Bx1Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:31 UTC25d ago | 1° | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 14:00 UTC34d ago | 1° | held half | 8.6 days | 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.
Bx6Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesLogQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Sandbox?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 1 hours into the latest wipe, player numbers topped out. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on The Sandbox?
The Sandbox has too few wipes on record yet for its rhythm to show. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 25 days 16 hours ago the server made the world it is on now.
Player counts
How busy is The Sandbox?
The last time The Sandbox was seen was 24 days 13 hours ago, and it is offline now.
How does The Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?
The top 70% of ranked servers includes The Sandbox, at #15,985 for player hours over the last seven days.
Settings and rules
Which map does The Sandbox run?
The game generates the procedural map on The Sandbox.
What are the rules and settings on The Sandbox?
No gather rate appears in the name The Sandbox. The group limit is 8 players, which is the game's default. The server runs survival, standard play: gathering, building and raiding. Combat between players and raiding are both possible. In the server browser it is Modded, meaning plugins or settings modify the game. Plugin count: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Sandbox run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what The Sandbox runs. To join, your game must match the protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is The Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment: The Sandbox was last seen 24 days 13 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days, which is 0%. Rust Heatmap has had it on record since 22 September 2026.
Where is The Sandbox located?
A region is not published for The Sandbox. Rust Heatmap shows the location a server states. It does not look up the machine's location. You can reach it at 137.83.97.22:28015.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include The Sandbox?
These Rust Heatmap lists include The Sandbox: Rust build servers and Modded Rust servers, by live population. You will find it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Sandbox mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Sandbox publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust form; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team: the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must match protocol 2634 to get in; cs166494 (Build): Build 166494; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game is changed by settings or plugins, so it sits under Modded. Players now, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags as well and appear at the top of this page.
Connect
How do I join The Sandbox?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 137.83.97.22:28015. Alternatively, join from this page with Launch Rust: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.