Rusty Bucket
73.8.224.163:28015 checked 10m 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 26% 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 3h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 2 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 3hThu 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 2, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 12:52 UTC 11d ago | 2 | – | 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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Quick answers
Player Numbers
What is the rank of Rusty Bucket?
Over the last seven days, Rusty Bucket ranks #5,773 in player hours, which is in the top 26% of ranked servers.
What is the player count on Rusty Bucket?
Rusty Bucket: 0 players now, with 2 slots available. The average player count over the last seven days is 0, with a peak of 2. In the last 48 hours, 13:00 UTC saw the highest activity, with an average of 1 players.
Server Tags
What is the meaning of the tags on Rusty Bucket?
For Rusty Bucket, the game's server browser reads the following tags: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp2 (Max players): The server has 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size: 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166652 (Build): Game build number: 166652; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): Region code missing; ^m (Monthly): Wipe cycle: monthly, with the force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue and when its world was made, taken from the tags.
Rusty Bucket in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include Rusty Bucket are: Best modded Rust servers. These filters on the server list display it: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Information
What Rust version is Rusty Bucket on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what Rusty Bucket uses. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Rusty Bucket uptime and reliability: what are they?
At the moment, Rusty Bucket is up. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. On 19 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
What is the location of Rusty Bucket?
No region is given by Rusty Bucket. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. 73.8.224.163:28015 is its address.
Rules & Map
What is the map on Rusty Bucket?
Procedural map: that is what Rusty Bucket runs, and it is generated by the game.
What rules and configuration does Rusty Bucket have?
The name Rusty Bucket carries no gather multiplier. With no stated limit, groups default to 8 players. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. The Modded section of the browser holds it: plugins or settings apply. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC: off.
Wipe Information
Rusty Bucket wipe schedule: what does it show?
The force wipe is the one monthly wipe on Rusty Bucket. 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 11 days 1 hours. Monthly wipes appear in its tags.
What happens on wipe day on Rusty Bucket?
An average peak of 2 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 2 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
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How can I connect to Rusty Bucket?
Enter client.connect 73.8.224.163:28015 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival gameplay.
mp2- Max players The server has 2 slots.
ts8- Group limit Default team size: 8.
v2634- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs166652- Build Game build number: 166652.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code Region code missing.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Wipe cycle: monthly, with the force wipe.
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.