The Ponderosa
64.40.8.66:28019 checked 8m 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. 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.
- wipe-day peak
- 0 players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 12:26 UTC 9d ago | 0 | – | running | 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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Player Count
The Ponderosa ranking: what position does it hold?
Rank #15,955 over the last seven days in player hours: The Ponderosa, inside the top 72% of ranked servers.
What is the player count on The Ponderosa?
The Ponderosa: 0 players now, with 40 slots available. The average player count over the last seven days is 0.
Server Tags
The Ponderosa tags: what do they indicate?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Ponderosa: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp40 (Max players): The server has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, the default; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded. Current players, queue and world creation time come from the tags and appear at the top of this page.
The Ponderosa in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
These BestRustServers.xyz lists include The Ponderosa: Best modded Rust 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
The Ponderosa Rust version: which one?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what The Ponderosa uses. Joining requires the same protocol; Steam updates your game for you.
Is the performance on The Ponderosa smooth?
Over 48 hours, it averaged 28 server fps; the lowest was 7. The entity count reached 67,570, covering buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Memory use peaked at 8,449 MB. What players experience as lag is low fps combined with a rising entity count.
How reliable is The Ponderosa and is it online?
At the moment, The Ponderosa is up. The uptime it reports shows a restart roughly 7 hours ago. 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.
The Ponderosa location: where is it?
There is no region published by The Ponderosa. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. 64.40.8.66:28019 is its address.
Settings & Map
Which map is used on The Ponderosa?
Generated by the game, the map on The Ponderosa is procedural, size 5,800, seed 1. On RustMaps, from this page, the same size and seed show the same map. The map is named Custom Map.
What rules and configuration does The Ponderosa have?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Ponderosa. With no stated limit, groups default to 8 players. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Raids and PvP are on. The Modded section of the browser holds it: plugins or settings apply. Plugins in use: Oxide. The server has VAC on.
Wipe Cycle
When does The Ponderosa wipe?
The record holds too few wipes for The Ponderosa to show a rhythm. A force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, takes every Rust server with it. The current world has been running since 9 days.
On The Ponderosa, what occurs on wipe day?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
Join Server
The Ponderosa joining: how is it done?
Use the F1 console: client.connect 64.40.8.66:28019. Launch Rust on this page does the same by opening Rust through Steam and connecting.
Server tags
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival gameplay.
mp40- Max players The server has 40 slots.
ts8- Group limit Teams are limited to 8, the default.
v2634- Protocol Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join.
cs167781- Build Build 167781.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
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.