The Sandbox
Offline 137.83.97.28:28015 checked 35d 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 57% 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, 0 hours in.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 15 Sep, 16:32 UTC42d ago | 1° | – | running | 1 |
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 day
What does wipe day look like on The Sandbox?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Sandbox?
Its rhythm cannot yet be told: too few of The Sandbox's wipes are on record. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe resets every Rust server. The world in play now was made 42 days 8 hours ago.
Population
How busy is The Sandbox?
Last seen 35 days 16 hours ago, The Sandbox is offline at the moment.
How does The Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?
Ranked #13,234 on seven-day player hours, The Sandbox is in the top 57% of all ranked servers.
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?
A gather rate is not given in the name The Sandbox. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the limit here. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight other players and raid their bases. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are in use. VAC is on, which is Valve's anti-cheat.
Location and uptime
Which version of Rust does The Sandbox run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Windows is what The Sandbox runs. Your game must run the same protocol to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is The Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
The Sandbox is down just now; the last sighting was 35 days 16 hours ago. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. It first appears in Rust Heatmap records on 13 September 2026.
Where is The Sandbox located?
A region is not published for The Sandbox. What Rust Heatmap shows is where a server says it is. Where the machine stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 137.83.97.28:28015.
Tags
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): The slot count is 10; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2633 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2633, so your game has to match it; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Settings or plugins alter the game, which puts it 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.
How to join
How do I join The Sandbox?
Enter client.connect 137.83.97.28:28015 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and connects you.