Off air · chart position #13,234
The Sandbox
Offline 137.83.97.28:28015 checked 37d ago
Players
The Sandbox
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 57% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 15 Sep, 16:32 UTC44d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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
About the server
Is The Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
The Sandbox is down at the moment, having last been seen 37 days 13 hours ago. It stayed up 0% of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. Its earliest entry with Rust Charts dates from 13 September 2026.
Where is The Sandbox located?
There's no region listed for The Sandbox. Where a server says it is — that's what Rust Charts shows, without checking the machine's real location. You'll find it at 137.83.97.28:28015.
Which version of Rust does The Sandbox run?
The build behind The Sandbox is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794, hosted on Windows. Your game must match the protocol to get in, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Population
How busy is The Sandbox?
The Sandbox shows as offline now, with its last appearance 37 days 13 hours ago.
How does The Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?
The top 57% of ranked servers includes The Sandbox, at #13,234 on player hours for the last week.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The Sandbox?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Sandbox?
The record of The Sandbox's wipes is too short to show a rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC brings the next monthly force wipe, which reaches every Rust server. 44 days 5 hours is how long ago its current world was made.
How it is set up
What are the rules and settings on The Sandbox?
No gather rate appears in the name The Sandbox. Up to 8 players per group, as the game sets by default. You play survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP is on: players fight and raid. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does The Sandbox run?
Generated by the game, the map on The Sandbox is procedural.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include The Sandbox?
These Rust Charts lists include The Sandbox: Modded Rust servers and Rust build servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Sandbox mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival, in the standard Rust form; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: join only if your game matches that version; cs163794 (Build): The game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's usual one; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide, also known as uMod; ^z (Modded): This one is modded, so plugins or settings alter play — that's the set of tags The Sandbox publishes for the server browser. At the top of this page you'll see the tags' extra details: players now, the queue, and the age of the world.
Getting in
How do I join The Sandbox?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 137.83.97.28:28015. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.