The Thunderdome
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 23%.
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
174.56.227.165:49183
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 1747 places on last week. Top 23% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 174.56.227.165:49183
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 20
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 18:37 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 25 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 Thunderdome use?
There is no gather rate in the name of The Thunderdome. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You find Oxide plugins in use. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on The Thunderdome?
The Thunderdome uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Server tags
What are the tags on The Thunderdome for?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Thunderdome publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp20 (Max players): Room for 20; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166494 (Build): Game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): It is Modded: plugins or settings make the difference. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Which Boongarust filters show The Thunderdome?
On these Boongarust lists you will find The Thunderdome: Top modded Rust 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 2 weeks.
Server details
What's the physical location of The Thunderdome?
From The Thunderdome, there is no region. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 174.56.227.165:49183.
What's the uptime like on The Thunderdome?
The Thunderdome is up as you read this. 168 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 100% uptime. The first record Boongarust has is 25 September 2026.
Which Rust build does The Thunderdome have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows: that is The Thunderdome. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
What happens on wipe day at The Thunderdome?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 2 players. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 7 hours after it. Half the peak held until the next wipe in 100% of recent wipes.
When does The Thunderdome wipe?
The Thunderdome's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. The world you are on was made 7 days 2 hours.
Population
What's The Thunderdome's rank among Rust servers?
In the top 23% of all ranked servers, The Thunderdome is #5,404 on player hours over the last seven days.
What's the player count on The Thunderdome?
Right now, 0 players are on The Thunderdome, which has 20 slots. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days and peaked at 6. It was busiest at 13:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, with 0 players on average.
Join the server
How can you get into The Thunderdome?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 174.56.227.165:49183. 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 mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.