How do I choose a Rust server to play on?

Decide what matters most before you filter. Population decides how much you meet other players; wipe schedule decides how fresh the map is; gather rate and group limit decide how fast a run plays out. A start point for a particular style is vanilla or 2x .

What is the difference between the rank and players-now columns?

Players-now is the live count at the last refresh. Rank is built from the hourly player counts a server held over the last seven days. A server with a high players-now figure can sit below a steadier server on rank, because one busy evening after a wipe counts for less than a full week of traffic.

What does a wipe date in the table mean?

The last wipe column shows when the server last made a new map, which is usually when its population resets. Wipe schedules vary by server: weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or on the first Thursday for servers that follow the game's own force wipe. The force wipe page carries the date and time of the next one.

Why do some rows show resets rather than a last wipe time?

Some servers build a new world every few hours and call it a reset. That pattern is normal on aim-train, arena, creative and build servers, where a map is not expected to run for days. Those rows still carry live player counts, so they appear in the table like any other server.

Rust server list

11,531 online · refreshed every five minutes

Rank	Server	Players	Region	Group	Schedule	Tags	Last wipe	Next wipe
15102	The Roosting Grounds EU108.181.127.162:28017	0/ 200	EU			modded	21d 15h	13d 6h FW
15102	cRusty Pie108.181.63.74:28017	0/ 48				vanillamodded	21d 7h	–
4269	[AU] Rusty Rivets \| Monthly108.61.227.160:28017	0/ 50	OC		monthly	vanillamodded	21d 18h	13d 6h FW
5842	Bad Neighbors Rust \| NA \| Vanilla108.65.107.82:28017	0/ 75	NA			vanillapremium	1d 14h	–
3656	142# NEEDFORCRAFT Classic 16.10109.111.170.145:28021	0/ 99			biweekly	vanillamodded	7d 19h	13d 6h FW
14426	Citadel Servers Test109.123.230.80:28016	0/ 100				vanillamodded	9d 16h	–
15102	Only Friends Rust Server (Non Official)109.131.213.45:28016	0/ 16				modded	21d 18h	13d 6h FW
14067	Majestat Development Server109.173.243.242:28017	0/ 4	EU			vanillamodded	21d 19h	13d 6h FW
15102	VeryGaming Rust Eu109.255.239.120:28016	0/ 100	EU			modded	10d 18h	–
10716	Rust Linux Staging111.111.27.121:28017	0/ 5				modded	21d 6h	–
10326	Taco电竞114.66.28.199:24493	0/ 20	EA	duo			1d 2h	–
3406	[JP] Parfait Vanilla Server \| PvP \| Monthly116.199.189.89:28017	0/ 20	EA		monthly	vanilla	20d 10h	13d 6h FW
15102	J2P DEV116.202.116.207:28016	0/ 120					6d 0h	–
15102	[AU/NZ] FancyFrank Random116.90.75.195:49076	0/ 50	OC			modded	397d 12h	–
4208	狐緋RUST SERVER118.27.226.145:28016	0/ 50	EA			modded	21d 10h	–
4397	DeepSeaRusWorld92.118.11.17:28439	0/ 100			monthly	vanillamodded	4d 19h	13d 6h FW
6680	TEST121.80.41.68:28017	0/ 3				moddedpve	5d 2h	–
7636	2203122.51.62.110:28036	0/ 32				modded	24d 20h	–
4877	JP/SEA-10X[PETRI DISH]123.110.113.13:28016	0/ 250	EA		monthly	10xvanillamodded	21d 5h	13d 6h FW
3055	kuro126.207.107.54:31889	0/ 50				modded	20d 1h	–
15102	My Untitled Rust Server126.234.221.173:28016	0/ 2					177d 3h	–
4991	(US) Guts & Glory \| PvE & PvP \| X3 \| CHILL \| EVENTS91.229.114.45:28109	0/ 75	NA		biweekly	3xmodded	6d 0h	~7d 23h
9232	US [TLS] 10x Small Map Solo/Duo/Trio NO BP130.12.94.130:7788	0/ 50	NA			10xvanillamodded	21d 5h	–
5513	Brasa.gg - BR Creators131.196.198.232:27026	0/ 300	SA			modded	6d 14h	–
15102	Dust's Cinematic Server131.93.28.205:27017	0/ ?				modded	21d 2h	–
7382	Rust_JP_workers133.117.73.141:28017	0/ 50				modded	20d 10h	–
5694	TABRUST beta Sv1133.18.148.48:28017	0/ 200		6		modded	5d 19h	–
15102	ZapX Rust Server134.255.217.101:28016	0/ 50				modded	105d 1h	–
7047	QQ135.106.180.14:27152	0/ 10				modded	21d 9h	–
15102	dnikiforov111010 \|\| by Servarium.ru135.106.195.231:27041	0/ 10				modded	20h	–
15102	Rust Local [Carbon]135.125.171.31:28017	0/ 10				modded	21d 18h	13d 6h FW