Mandarin
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 6%.
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
43.225.196.106:28019
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 300 places on last week. Top 6% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
Survive and Thrive in Rust, with an Orange Twist. • The Mandarin Island (PvE): Learn, build, and explore safely. • Real Prize Money: Awarded every single wipe! • Schedule: Monthly wipes and updates. • World: Procedurally generated random maps. • Gameplay: Core vanilla experience enhanced by custom QoL mods. Mandarin is your safe haven to master the game. Once you're ready for a firefight, test your mettle on our PvP sister server: Orange.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 43.225.196.106:28019
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 21
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 18:08 UTC
- Hostname
- mandarin.orangem.art
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
- Operator · orangem.art
- Orange 1/21
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 Mandarin use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Mandarin. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as pve, player-versus-player combat is off. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You find Oxide plugins in use. Entry needs Rust's premium status. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
What's the map on Mandarin?
A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 969472 is in use on Mandarin, made by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page. You see the map name as: Wipe in: 27d 13h.
Server tags
What do Mandarin's tags signify?
The game's server browser reads the tags Mandarin publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp21 (Max players): Slot count: 21; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs167058 (Build): Game build is 167058; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Wipes land once a month, alongside the force wipe; ^p (PvE): No player-versus-player here. The world is the threat; ^q (Premium): Entry needs Rust's premium status; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game. 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.
Where does Mandarin appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take Mandarin are: Top modded Rust servers and Best Rust PvE servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Who operates Mandarin?
The same operator probably runs Mandarin and 1 other server we track, since both publish a orangem.art hostname.
Server info
Performance of Mandarin: does it hold up?
Server fps held an average of 60 across the last 48 hours, minimum 56. The entity count reached 134,368: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 4,371 MB. What players call lag is low fps plus a rising entity count.
What's the physical location of Mandarin?
No region comes from Mandarin. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 43.225.196.106:28019.
How often is Mandarin online?
Online: Mandarin, at this moment. Its reported uptime points to a restart roughly 22 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 98%, 165 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is Mandarin using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Linux: that is Mandarin. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
Wipe day at Mandarin: what's it like?
Recent wipes peaked at 13 players on average. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
Mandarin wipes on what schedule?
Mandarin wipes with the force wipe, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world you are on was made 7 days 11 hours. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
Where does Mandarin sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put Mandarin at #1,380, in the top 6% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Mandarin?
6 players are on Mandarin at the moment, out of 21 slots. The average over the last seven days was 7 players, with a peak of 15. Over the last 48 hours, the busiest hour was 17:00 UTC, averaging 13 players.
How to join
How can you get into Mandarin?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 43.225.196.106:28019. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join. Entry needs Rust's premium status. Find it at https://orangerust.com.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp21,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^p,gmrust,cs167058,^q,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.