Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 70%.
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
165.0.38.196:28015
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 7048 places on last week. Top 70% of all ranked servers, top 68% in AF. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
Trade the sweaty try-hard life for a better way to survive. Whether you're fighting for airdrops or just farming in peace, find your sanctuary here.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 165.0.38.196:28015
- Region
- AF
- Max players
- 100
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 6 Sep 2026, 18:11 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 are Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]'s rules and configuration?
The name of Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] does not include a gather rate. It uses the default group size of 8 players. pve is the game mode, player-versus-player combat is off. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]?
Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] uses a procedural map of 4,500 that the game generates with seed 55488927. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed give an identical map.
Server tags
What are the tags on Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] for?
These tags come from Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp100 (Max players): Room for 100; 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): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code on record; ^m (Monthly): The calendar is monthly: one wipe with the force wipe; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight players; the environment does the killing; AF (Africa): You will find it in the browser under Africa. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Which Boongarust filters show Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]?
The Boongarust lists that take Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] are: The busiest community servers in Rust and Best Rust PvE servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m and PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server details
What's the physical location of Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]?
Its AF tag is how Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] lists itself in Africa. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 165.0.38.196:28015.
How often is Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] online?
Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] is down, with the last sighting 17 days 22 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. The first record Boongarust has is 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows: that is Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] wipes on what schedule?
An estimate from the force wipe gives Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]'s next wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is next, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world you are on was made 31 days 22 hours. Look at its tags: monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
What's Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]'s rank among Rust servers?
In the top 70% of all ranked servers, Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE] is #15,478 on player hours over the last seven days and #25 in Africa.
What's the player count on Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]?
Down right now: Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE], last spotted 17 days 22 hours back.
Join the server
How can you get into Rusty Gang [ZA] [PvPvE]?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 165.0.38.196:28015. 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^m,AF,^p,gmrust,cs164530,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.