The Signal
NA 104.192.227.51:28015 checked 12m ago
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
Top 72% of all ranked servers, top 83% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| 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.
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Quick answers
Player Numbers
The Signal ranking: what position does it hold?
The Signal ranks #1,542 in North America and #15,918 overall on player hours over the last seven days, in the top 72% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Signal?
The current player count for The Signal is 0, out of 30 slots. The seven-day average player count stands at 0.
Tags & Lists
The Signal tags: what do they indicate?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Signal: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp30 (Max players): Slots: 30; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, the default; v2631 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2631 to connect; cs158240 (Build): Running build 158240; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^p (PvE): PvE: the world provides the danger, not other players; ^o (Oxide): Uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. Current players, queue and world creation time come from the tags and appear at the top of this page.
Where does The Signal appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
These BestRustServers.xyz lists include The Signal: Best modded Rust servers, Best Rust PvE servers and North American Rust servers. It appears under these filters 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.
Server Information
The Signal Rust version: which one?
The combination is Rust network protocol 2631 and build 158240 on Windows for The Signal. Joining requires the same protocol; Steam updates your game for you.
How smooth is the performance on The Signal?
For the past 48 hours, server fps averaged 53, never dropping below 35. It held up to 129,681 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. At its highest, memory usage was 4,369 MB. What players experience as lag is low fps combined with a rising entity count.
The Signal uptime and reliability: what are they?
At the moment, The Signal is up. About 12 days 17 hours ago is when it last restarted, based on its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. The first time BestRustServers.xyz saw it was on 13 September 2026.
Where can The Signal be found?
Its NA tag places The Signal in North America. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 104.192.227.51:28015.
Rules and Settings
The Signal map: which one is it?
A procedural map of size 4,500 and seed 1337 is what The Signal runs, generated by the game. The map can be viewed on RustMaps from this page, since size and seed fix it. Called Custom Map on the map list.
What are the settings and rules for The Signal?
The name The Signal carries no gather multiplier. The default cap of 8 players per group is in force. It runs pve, other players cannot be fought. The Modded section of the browser holds it: plugins or settings apply. Oxide plugins are used. The server has VAC on.
Wipe Schedule
On what schedule does The Signal wipe?
The Signal's wipe rhythm cannot be told from the wipes on record, which are too few. A force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, takes every Rust server with it. Its world dates from 89 days 8 hours.
Join Server
The Signal joining: how is it done?
To connect, type client.connect 104.192.227.51:28015 in the F1 console. Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and joins you.
Server tags
Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,^p,NA,gmrust,cs158240,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival gameplay.
mp30- Max players Slots: 30.
ts8- Group limit Teams are limited to 8, the default.
v2631- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2631 to connect.
cs158240- Build Running build 158240.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Gameplay
^p- PvE PvE: the world provides the danger, not other players.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z- Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded.
Region
NA- North America In the server browser it appears under North America.
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.