Rusty Bucket
Online 73.8.224.163:28015 checked 5m 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 40% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Bx1Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 2 hours in.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 12:52 UTC26d 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.
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 Rusty Bucket?
Its recent wipes drew an average peak of 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe reached its peak 2 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Bucket?
The only wipe on Rusty Bucket is the monthly force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 25 days 23 hours ago. Its tags state a wipe each month.
Population
How busy is Rusty Bucket?
Of 2 slots on Rusty Bucket, 0 are in use right now. A seven-day average of 0 players, with a peak of 2.
How does Rusty Bucket rank against other Rust servers?
The top 40% of ranked servers includes Rusty Bucket, at #8,856 for player hours over the last seven days.
Settings and rules
Which map does Rusty Bucket run?
The game generates the procedural map on Rusty Bucket.
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Bucket?
No gather rate appears in the name Rusty Bucket. The group limit is 8 players, which is the game's default. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Combat between players and raiding are both possible. In the server browser it is Modded, meaning plugins or settings modify the game. Oxide plugins are in use. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned off.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Rusty Bucket run?
The build on Rusty Bucket is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, running on Windows. To join, your game must match the protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is Rusty Bucket online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Rusty Bucket shows as online. 167 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days, which is 99%. Rust Heatmap has had it on record since 19 September 2026.
Where is Rusty Bucket located?
No region is published by Rusty Bucket. What Rust Heatmap shows is where a server says it is. Where the machine stands is not looked up. To connect, use 73.8.224.163:28015.
Tags
Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include Rusty Bucket?
These Rust Heatmap lists include Rusty Bucket: Modded Rust servers, by live population. These are the filters that return it on the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Rusty Bucket mean?
These are the tags Rusty Bucket publishes for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust form; mp2 (Max players): Slot count: 2; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: 8 per team at most; v2635 (Protocol): To join, run the same version: game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^m (Monthly): The wipe cycle is monthly and follows Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Settings or plugins alter the game, which puts it under Modded. Also in the tags, shown at the top of this page: players now, the queue and the time the world was made.
Connect
How do I join Rusty Bucket?
Enter client.connect 73.8.224.163:28015 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and connects you.