Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
104.56.203.77:28021
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Up 122 places on last week. Top 67% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 104.56.203.77:28021
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 5
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 13 Sep 2026, 21:47 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 21 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does Pickle Island use?
The name of Pickle Island does not include a gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Pickle Island?
Pickle Island uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
What are the tags on Pickle Island for?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp5 (Max players): Room for 5; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2633 to get in; cs164530 (Build): Running build 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank are the tags Pickle Island puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does Pickle Island appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take Pickle Island are: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
What's the location of Pickle Island?
No region is published by Pickle Island. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 104.56.203.77:28021.
How often is Pickle Island online?
Offline now, Pickle Island was last seen 16 days 10 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. 21 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Pickle Island using?
On Windows, Pickle Island runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
How often does Pickle Island wipe?
With so few of Pickle Island's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. Its world is 24 days 12 hours old.
Population
Ranking wise, where does Pickle Island place?
In the top 67% of all ranked servers, Pickle Island is #15,481 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is Pickle Island busy?
Pickle Island last showed life 16 days 10 hours ago; it is offline now.
How to join
How can you get into Pickle Island?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 104.56.203.77:28021. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.