Africa
198.73.57.173:28015 checked 7m 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 71% 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.
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.
Similar servers
Quick answers
Player Numbers
Where does Africa sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days, Africa ranks #15,998 in player hours, which is in the top 71% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Africa?
0 of 30 slots are filled on Africa at the moment. The average player count over the last seven days is 0.
Tags and Filters
Africa tags: what do they indicate?
For Africa, the game's server browser reads the following tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard in Rust; mp30 (Max players): Slot count is 30; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, the default; v2631 (Protocol): Protocol 2631: join only if your game matches this version; cs156658 (Build): Running build 156658; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): Region code missing. Current players, queue and world creation time come from the tags and appear at the top of this page.
Africa in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include Africa are: Rust community servers, ranked. These filters on the server list display it: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server Details
Africa Rust version: which one?
Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658 on Windows is what Africa uses. Joining requires the same protocol; Steam updates your game for you.
How smooth is the performance on Africa?
Over 48 hours, it averaged 83 server fps; the lowest was 52. It held up to 100,228 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. At its highest, memory usage was 6,447 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and entity count climbs.
What is the uptime and reliability of Africa?
The server is online: Africa. The uptime it reports shows a restart roughly 14 days 6 hours ago. Over the past 7 full days, it was online 168 of 168 hours, 100% of the time. On 13 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
Where can Africa be found?
Without a region tag, Africa's name points to Africa. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 198.73.57.173:28015 is its address.
Settings & Map
What is the map on Africa?
Generated by the game, the map on Africa is procedural, size 4,250, seed 1104. On RustMaps, from this page, the same size and seed show the same map.
What rules and configuration does Africa have?
The name Africa carries no gather multiplier. No group limit is stated; the game's default of 8 players applies. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Raids and PvP are on. It is a community server, found under Community. VAC: on.
Wipe Cycle
When does Africa wipe?
Too few wipes are on record for Africa to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next force wipe arrives, when all Rust servers wipe. Its world dates from 101 days 5 hours.
Connect
How can I connect to Africa?
Use the F1 console: client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015. Launch Rust on this page does the same by opening Rust through Steam and connecting.
Server tags
Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,gmrust,cs156658,ts8
Game
gmrust- Game mode Survival as standard in Rust.
mp30- Max players Slot count is 30.
ts8- Group limit Teams are limited to 8, the default.
v2631- Protocol Protocol 2631: join only if your game matches this version.
cs156658- Build Running build 156658.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code Region code missing.
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.