The Sandbox
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 57%.
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
137.83.97.28:28015
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 9554 places on last week. Top 57% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 137.83.97.28:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 15 Sep 2026, 16:32 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 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?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Sandbox. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins running: Oxide. 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
What are the tags on The Sandbox for?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Sandbox publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs163794 (Build): Running build 163794; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) handles the plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does The Sandbox appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find The Sandbox: Top modded Rust servers and Rust build and creative servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the location of The Sandbox?
From The Sandbox, there is no region. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 137.83.97.28:28015.
What's the uptime like on The Sandbox?
The Sandbox is down, with the last sighting 15 days 16 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. 13 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does The Sandbox have?
On Windows, The Sandbox runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
What happens on wipe day at The Sandbox?
1 players was the average peak on recent wipes. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
How often does The Sandbox wipe?
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. The world you are on was made 22 days 8 hours.
Population
Ranking wise, where does The Sandbox place?
Ranked #13,234 on seven-day player hours, The Sandbox is in the top 57% overall.
What's the player count on The Sandbox?
Offline. The Sandbox was last seen 15 days 16 hours ago.
How to join
What's the process to join The Sandbox?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 137.83.97.28:28015. 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?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.