The Citadel
50.82.0.135:28015 checked 7d 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 62% 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.
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Player Numbers
The Citadel ranking: what position does it hold?
Rank #13,786 over the last seven days in player hours: The Citadel, inside the top 62% of ranked servers.
Is The Citadel busy?
At this moment, The Citadel is offline, with the last sighting 7 days 23 hours ago.
Tags and Filters
How should the tags on The Citadel be interpreted?
For The Citadel, the game's server browser reads the following tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla survival gameplay; mp1 (Max players): Slots: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size: 8; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join; cs166652 (Build): Game build number: 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): No region code listed. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
Where does The Citadel appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
These BestRustServers.xyz lists include The Citadel: Rust community servers, ranked. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Overview
What Rust version is The Citadel on?
On Windows, The Citadel runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam updates your game automatically, but it needs to match the protocol to join.
How reliable is The Citadel and is it online?
Offline now for The Citadel, last seen 7 days 23 hours ago. Over the past 7 full days, it was online 0 of 168 hours, 0% of the time. It was first seen by BestRustServers.xyz on 6 October 2026.
Where can The Citadel be found?
There is no region published by The Citadel. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 50.82.0.135:28015.
Settings & Map
Which map is used on The Citadel?
Generated by the game, the map on The Citadel is procedural.
The Citadel rules and settings: what are they?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Citadel. No group limit is stated; the game's default of 8 players applies. Listed as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Raids and PvP are on. It is a community server, found under Community. VAC protection is on.
Wipe Schedule
On what schedule does The Citadel wipe?
The Citadel'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 8 days.
How to Join
The Citadel joining: how is it done?
Use the F1 console: client.connect 50.82.0.135:28015. Launch Rust on this page does the same by opening Rust through Steam and connecting.
Server tags
Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmvanilla- Game mode Vanilla survival gameplay.
mp1- Max players Slots: 1.
ts8- Group limit Default team size: 8.
v2634- Protocol Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join.
cs166652- Build Game build number: 166652.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
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.