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
198.73.57.173:28015
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
Up 589 places on last week. Top 69% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 198.73.57.173:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 30
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 4 Jul 2026, 12:28 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.
Server rules
What settings does Africa use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Africa. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Africa?
A procedural map of 4,250 with seed 1104 is in use on Africa, made by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Tags
What do Africa's tags signify?
These tags come from Africa and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp30 (Max players): 30 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2631 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2631 to get in; cs156658 (Build): Game build is 156658; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. 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 Africa?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for Africa: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
Performance of Africa: does it hold up?
The 48-hour average was 89 server fps; the floor was 60. At its peak, it held 100,230 entities, including buildings and deployables. At its highest, memory consumption was 5,159 MB. Lag, to players, means low fps and a growing entity count.
Where can you find Africa?
No region tag comes from Africa, but the name it uses points to Africa. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 198.73.57.173:28015.
How often is Africa online?
Online: Africa, at this moment. Its reported uptime points to a restart roughly 9 days 14 hours ago. 168 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 100% uptime. 13 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Africa using?
Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658 on Windows: that is Africa. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe info
How often does Africa wipe?
Africa'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. Its world is 96 days 12 hours old.
Player counts
What's Africa's rank among Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Africa at #15,950, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Is Africa busy?
Right now, 0 players are on Africa, which has 30 slots. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
Join the server
How can you get into Africa?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015. 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 mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,gmrust,cs156658,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.