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

251 matches · refreshed every five minutes

Rank	Server	Players	Region	Group	Schedule	Tags	Last wipe	Next wipe
9	Rusty Moose \|US Monthly\|205.178.168.52:28015	402 +2/ 425	NA		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
100	Rustoria.co - US Mondays208.103.169.85:28015	296/ 300	NA		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 4h	~4d 19h
5	Rustoria.co - EU East Long80.242.59.93:28015	280/ 300	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
40	Rustopia.gg - US Large94.103.187.3:28010	279/ 300	NA		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
71	Rusty Moose \|US Mondays\|205.178.168.77:28015	262/ 300	NA		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 4h	~4d 19h
49	Rusty Moose \|EU Mondays\|208.103.169.221:28015	222/ 275	EU		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 9h	~4d 14h
18	Rustafied.com - EU Long - Large195.60.166.130:28018	210/ 300	EU		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
35	[US East] Facepunch Premium 140.160.19.51:28016	208/ 400	NA		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
8	Rusty Moose \|EU Monthly\|205.178.168.205:28015	205/ 250	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 4h	21d 19h FW
48	Rusty Moose \|US Small\|205.178.168.59:28015	194/ 200	NA		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
11	Rustoria.co - EU Long208.103.169.246:28015	190/ 225	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
74	Rustoria.co - BR Long104.234.189.153:28015	173/ 200	SA		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
79	Rustafied.com - EU Monday195.60.166.151:28018	167/ 250	EU		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 9h	~4d 14h
68	[EU] Facepunch Premium 179.137.98.213:28016	164/ 350	EU		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
88	Rustafied.com - US Long - Large104.143.2.103:28018	149/ 200	NA		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
148	Rustafied.com - US Low Pop104.129.132.137:28018	145 +2/ 150	NA	6	monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
189	[US] Facepunch Softcore 1148.113.198.11:28016	143/ 300	NA	quad	monthly	officialsoftcore	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
63	[EU East] Facepunch 457.128.211.29:28016	140/ 350	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
60	Rustoria.co - US Long Premium208.103.169.112:28015	136/ 200	NA		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
33	Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Monthly194.69.160.121:28017	129/ 300	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 4h	21d 19h FW
134	[US East] Facepunch Premium 240.160.19.218:28016	126/ 400	NA		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
263	[US] Facepunch Softcore 2148.113.198.11:28021	119/ 300	NA	quad	monthly	officialsoftcore	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
62	Rustoria.co - EU Mondays208.103.169.222:28013	118/ 200	EU		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 9h	~4d 14h
45	Rustoria.co - SEA Long31.58.143.253:28015	116/ 200	EA		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
135	Rustopia.gg - EU Mondays Premium176.118.33.7:28010	113/ 200	EU		weekly	officialvanillapremium	2d 9h	~4d 14h
97	Rustafied.com - EU Long - Small64.40.9.31:28018	110/ 150	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
231	Rustafied.com - EU Small - Monday195.60.166.149:28018	108/ 175	EU		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 9h	~4d 14h
404	Rustafied.com - US Small - Monday64.40.8.111:28018	107/ 150	NA		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 4h	~4d 19h
117	[EU] Facepunch 179.137.98.16:28016	103/ 400	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
219	Rusticated.com - US Trio \| Monday Wipes185.248.134.72:28015	102/ 150	NA	trio	weekly	officialvanilla	2d 7h	~4d 16h
223	Rustafied.com - US Monday104.129.132.16:28018	99/ 150	NA		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 4h	~4d 19h
185	Rustafied.com - EU Trio - Monday64.40.9.32:28018	96/ 150	EU	trio	weekly	officialvanilla	2d 9h	~4d 14h
120	Rusty Moose \|EU Small\|51.254.81.171:28015	94/ 200	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 4h	21d 19h FW
304	Rusty Moose \|US Biweekly\|208.103.169.185:28015	92/ 200	NA		biweekly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	~18h
108	Rusticated.com - EU Premium Long185.248.134.37:28015	89/ 150	EU		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
259	Rusticated.com - US Premium Long216.39.241.177:28015	89/ 150	NA		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
179	Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Monday194.69.160.81:28017	88/ 200	EU		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 9h	~4d 14h
133	Rustafied.com - EU Long - Small II64.40.9.70:28018	87/ 125	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
54	Rustopia.gg - EU Large176.118.33.3:28010	85/ 200	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
186	Rustoria.co - US Low Pop208.52.153.80:28016	85/ 100	NA	6	monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
191	Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Low Pop91.229.114.102:28017	78/ 200	NA		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 4h	21d 19h FW
167	Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Low Pop194.69.160.106:28017	77/ 200	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 4h	21d 19h FW
66	[EU East] Facepunch 557.128.211.32:28016	76/ 350	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
166	[EU] Facepunch Softcore 179.137.98.23:28016	69/ 400	EU	quad	monthly	officialsoftcore	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
175	Rustoria.co - EU Low Pop168.100.161.248:28016	66/ 100	EU	6	monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
335	[EU] Facepunch Premium 679.137.98.161:28021	64/ 300	EU		monthly	officialvanillapremium	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
119	[EU East] Facepunch 257.128.211.30:28016	64/ 400	EU		monthly	officialvanilla	13d 5h	21d 19h FW
321	Rusty Moose \|Hapis Mondays\|168.100.161.91:28015	61/ 150	EU		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 9h	~4d 14h
83	Rustoria.co - BR Main131.196.198.41:28015	59/ 250	SA		weekly	officialvanilla	6d 2h	~21h
412	RustSpain.com \| EU Mondays168.100.161.26:28016	58/ 200	EU		weekly	officialvanilla	2d 9h	~4d 14h