Smelly Shaft
65.21.84.250:28015 checked 12d 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 29 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 0 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 5hThu 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 23:28 UTCFW 12d 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 Numbers
Where does Smelly Shaft sit in the rankings?
In the top 69% of all ranked servers, Smelly Shaft is #15,938 on player hours for the last seven days.
What is the player count on Smelly Shaft?
At this moment, Smelly Shaft is offline, with the last sighting 12 days 10 hours ago.
Tags & Lists
What is the meaning of the tags on Smelly Shaft?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Smelly Shaft: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, the default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): Game build number: 166494; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): Region code not set. 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 Smelly Shaft appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
These BestRustServers.xyz lists include Smelly Shaft: 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 Information
What Rust version is Smelly Shaft on?
On Linux, Smelly Shaft runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Steam updates your game automatically, but it needs to match the protocol to join.
What is the uptime and reliability of Smelly Shaft?
Offline now for Smelly Shaft, last seen 12 days 10 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. On 29 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
Smelly Shaft location: where is it?
No region is given by Smelly Shaft. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 65.21.84.250:28015.
Settings & Map
Smelly Shaft map: which one is it?
A procedural map of size 4,500 and seed 1907403889 is what Smelly Shaft runs, generated by the game. The map can be viewed on RustMaps from this page, since size and seed fix it.
What are the settings and rules for Smelly Shaft?
A gather rate is not given in the name Smelly Shaft. With no stated limit, groups default to 8 players. Listed as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Raids and PvP are on. It is a community server, found under Community. The server has VAC on.
Wipe Schedule
On what schedule does Smelly Shaft wipe?
Once a month Smelly Shaft wipes, with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. Its world dates from 12 days 13 hours.
What happens on wipe day on Smelly Shaft?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
Join Server
Smelly Shaft joining: how is it done?
Enter client.connect 65.21.84.250:28015 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8
Game
gmrust- Game mode Rust survival, standard.
mp100- Max players Slots: 100.
ts8- Group limit Teams are limited to 8, the default.
v2634- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs166494- Build Game build number: 166494.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code Region code not set.
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.