Players
RustApex Classic
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 27 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 27% of all ranked servers, top 64% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Oct, 18:26 UTC5h ago | – | – | running | 1 |
| Wed 28 Oct, 19:42 UTC1d ago | – | – | – | 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.
Similar servers
Quick answers
Host and version
Is RustApex Classic online, and how reliable is it?
RustApex Classic is up as you read this. About 1 hours ago is when it last restarted, to go by the uptime it reports. 23 of 24 hours is what it managed over the past 1 full day, 96% of the time. The first record Rust Charts holds of it is 27 October 2026.
Where is RustApex Classic located?
The EU tag is how RustApex Classic lists its location: Europe. Rust Charts doesn't look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 203.16.163.168:28015.
Which version of Rust does RustApex Classic run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what RustApex Classic runs. Steam updates your game for you; all you need is the same protocol to join.
Does RustApex Classic run smoothly?
Never under 70, and 99 server fps on average, is how the last 48 hours went. At its fullest it held 101,989 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. At most it took 4,545 MB of memory. Lag, as players experience it, is low fps plus entities piling up.
Player counts
How busy is RustApex Classic?
RustApex Classic has 0 of its 125 slots filled right now. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it reached 2 at most. Over the past 48 hours, 12:00 UTC drew the most, at 2 players on average.
How does RustApex Classic rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours put RustApex Classic at #5,978, top 27% of ranked servers, and #1,872 in Europe.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on RustApex Classic?
The force wipe is the only wipe on RustApex Classic, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and that is its next wipe. The world it runs now dates from 3 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Rules and world
What are the rules and settings on RustApex Classic?
The name RustApex Classic carries no gather rate. 8 players is the group limit, the default for the game. roleplay is the game mode, roleplay rules, towns and jobs. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The server describes itself as vanilla: this is plain Facepunch Rust, with no rate or kit changes. VAC is on: that is Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map does RustApex Classic run?
RustApex Classic runs a procedural map of size 4,000 with seed 1323397313, generated by the game. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps; the same size and seed make the same map.
Tags explained
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include RustApex Classic?
The Rust Charts lists that carry RustApex Classic are: EU Rust servers, Rust community servers, unmodded, Rust roleplay servers and Vanilla Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Roleplay ^r; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
What do the server tags on RustApex Classic mean?
These are the tags RustApex Classic makes public, and the server browser reads them: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival rules apply; mp125 (Max players): 125 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, as the game ships it; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635: join only if your game matches that version; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is what runs here; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, timed with the Facepunch force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): This is plain Facepunch Rust, with no rate or kit changes; ^r (Roleplay): Roleplay is the point of this server; EU (Europe): Europe is where the server browser lists it. At the top of this page you'll see the tags' extra details: players now, the queue, and the age of the world.
How to join
How do I join RustApex Classic?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 203.16.163.168:28015. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. https://discord.com/invite/nZnMVnKyn is where its website sits.
