The Sandbox
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 30%.
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
137.83.97.22:28015
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
Down 3466 places on last week. Top 30% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 137.83.97.22:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 05:31 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 22 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 The Sandbox use?
The name of The Sandbox does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. Modded in the browser is where it appears: plugins or settings change how the game plays. You find Oxide plugins in use. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on The Sandbox?
The map on The Sandbox is procedural, created by the game.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on The Sandbox?
These tags come from The Sandbox and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp10 (Max players): Room for 10; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166494 (Build): Running build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
What Boongarust lists feature The Sandbox?
On these Boongarust lists you will find The Sandbox: Top modded Rust servers and Rust build and creative servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
What's the physical location of The Sandbox?
No region is published by The Sandbox. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 137.83.97.22:28015.
How often is The Sandbox online?
Last seen 5 days 1 hours ago, The Sandbox is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 21%, 36 hours from 168. 22 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does The Sandbox have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows: that is The Sandbox. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
How does The Sandbox handle wipe day?
1 players was the average peak on recent wipes. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in. The crowd stayed above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of recent wipes.
The Sandbox wipes on what schedule?
With so few of The Sandbox's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 6 days 4 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Where does The Sandbox sit in the rankings?
Ranked #7,025 on seven-day player hours, The Sandbox is in the top 30% overall.
Is The Sandbox busy?
The Sandbox last showed life 5 days 1 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
Join the server
What's the process to join The Sandbox?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 137.83.97.22:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.