The Sandbox
137.83.97.22:28015 checked 11d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 70% of all ranked servers. 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.
- usual gap
- 8.6 days between real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 100% of its cycles kept half the crowd
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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:31 UTC 12d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 14:00 UTC 21d 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.
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Quick answers
Population
Where does The Sandbox sit in the rankings?
In the top 70% of all ranked servers, The Sandbox is #15,985 on player hours for the last seven days.
Is The Sandbox busy?
At this moment, The Sandbox is offline, with the last sighting 11 days 11 hours ago.
Tags & Lists
How should the tags on The Sandbox be interpreted?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Sandbox: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard in Rust; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size: 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: join only if your game matches this version; cs166494 (Build): Running build 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): Region code missing; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue and when its world was made, taken from the tags.
Where does The Sandbox appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
These BestRustServers.xyz lists include The Sandbox: Best modded Rust servers and Best Rust build servers. These filters on the server list display it: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Information
What Rust version is The Sandbox on?
On Windows, The Sandbox runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the uptime and reliability of The Sandbox?
Last seen 11 days 11 hours ago, The Sandbox is currently offline. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. It was first seen by BestRustServers.xyz on 22 September 2026.
Where can The Sandbox be found?
No region is published by The Sandbox. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. You can reach it at 137.83.97.22:28015.
Rules and Settings
Which map is used on The Sandbox?
A procedural map is what The Sandbox runs, generated by the game.
The Sandbox rules and settings: what are they?
A gather rate is not given in the name The Sandbox. The default cap of 8 players per group is in force. Listed as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Raids and PvP are on. Plugins or settings change the game, so it appears under Modded. Plugin count: Oxide. VAC protection is on.
Wipe Cycle
When does The Sandbox wipe?
The record holds too few wipes for The Sandbox to show a rhythm. A force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, takes every Rust server with it. The world in play was made 12 days 14 hours.
What happens on wipe day on The Sandbox?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd held above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of recent wipes.
Join Server
How can I connect to The Sandbox?
Enter client.connect 137.83.97.22:28015 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Survival as standard in Rust.
mp10- Max players Slots: 10.
ts8- Group limit Default team size: 8.
v2634- Protocol Protocol 2634: join only if your game matches this version.
cs166494- Build Running build 166494.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code Region code missing.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z- Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded.
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.