Southern Grid AU
OC 51.161.198.78:28070 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 28% of all ranked servers, top 63% in OC. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 23d 0h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 0.4 days between real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 2 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 23d 0hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 35 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:39 UTC 11d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:13 UTCFW 11d ago | 2 | – | 0.4 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
Southern Grid AU ranking: what position does it hold?
In Oceania, Southern Grid AU is #140; across all ranked servers, #6,167 on player hours over the last seven days, in the top 28%.
What is the player count on Southern Grid AU?
Southern Grid AU: 0 players now, with 50 slots available. The seven-day average player count stands at 0, and the highest point was 2. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 02:00 UTC, when the average player count was 0.
Tags and Filters
What is the meaning of the tags on Southern Grid AU?
Read by the game's server browser, the tags Southern Grid AU publishes are: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join; cs167584 (Build): Build 167584; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month on the force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules—the game as shipped; ^q (Premium): Access limited to those with Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); OC (Oceania): In the server browser it appears under Oceania. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
Southern Grid AU in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
These BestRustServers.xyz lists include Southern Grid AU: Oceania Rust servers, Rust community servers, ranked and Vanilla-tagged Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that bring it up are: Region: Oceania; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Premium ^q and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Overview
What Rust version is Southern Grid AU on?
On Linux, Southern Grid AU runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is the performance on Southern Grid AU smooth?
Over 48 hours, it averaged 57 server fps; the lowest was 12. It held up to 118,261 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. At its highest, memory usage was 3,725 MB. What players experience as lag is low fps combined with a rising entity count.
Southern Grid AU uptime and reliability: what are they?
The server is online: Southern Grid AU. About 22 hours ago is when it last restarted, based on its uptime. Over the past 7 full days, it was online 168 of 168 hours, 100% of the time. It was first seen by BestRustServers.xyz on 13 September 2026.
Where can Southern Grid AU be found?
Its OC tag places Southern Grid AU in Oceania. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 51.161.198.78:28070.
Settings & Map
What is the map on Southern Grid AU?
A procedural map of size 4,500 and seed 1883130744 is what Southern Grid AU runs, generated by the game. On RustMaps, from this page, the same size and seed show the same map.
What are the settings and rules for Southern Grid AU?
No gather rate appears in the name of Southern Grid AU. No group limit is stated; the game's default of 8 players applies. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player combat and raiding are enabled. Community is its browser category. Oxide plugins are used. In its own words, it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules—the game as shipped. Access limited to those with Rust's premium status. VAC: on.
Wipe Cycle
On what schedule does Southern Grid AU wipe?
Southern Grid AU wipes at the monthly force wipe only. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its world dates from 11 days 13 hours. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one month.
On Southern Grid AU, what occurs on wipe day?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. 35 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How to Join
What is the process to join Southern Grid AU?
To connect, type client.connect 51.161.198.78:28070 in the F1 console. Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and joins you. Access limited to those with Rust's premium status.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,OC,gmrust,cs167584,^q,ts8,^o
Game
gmrust- Game mode Rust survival, standard.
mp50- Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts8- Group limit The game default is 8 per team.
v2634- Protocol Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join.
cs167584- Build Build 167584.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly This server wipes once a month on the force wipe.
Difficulty
^v- Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules—the game as shipped.
Mods and access
^q- Premium Access limited to those with Rust's premium status.
^o- Oxide Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod).
Region
OC- Oceania In the server browser it appears under Oceania.
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.