Online137.83.97.27:28015checked 10m ago
The Sandbox
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 54% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
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from the figures on this pageMap and rules
What are the rules and settings on The Sandbox?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Sandbox. Up to 8 players form a group, which is the game's default. It runs survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Players may raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: the game is changed by plugins or settings. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map for The Sandbox?
A procedural map runs on The Sandbox, generated by the game.
Player count
How populated is The Sandbox?
The current population of The Sandbox is 1, out of 10 slots. Averaging 1 players over seven days, it peaked at 1. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 18:00 UTC, when the average was 1 players.
What is The Sandbox's ranking among Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, The Sandbox ranks #12,046 for player hours, placing it in the top 54% of all ranked servers.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on The Sandbox?
These tags are set by The Sandbox and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): It offers the standard Rust survival experience; mp10 (Max players): It holds up to 10 players; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as in the standard game; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): The current game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is not set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The Modded category applies: plugins or settings alter the game. Also in the tags, and shown at the top of this page: its players now, its queue, and when its world was made.
Where does The Sandbox appear in When Is Rust Force Wipe lists and filters?
These themed lists on When Is Rust Force Wipe feature The Sandbox: Rust modded servers, listed live and Rust build and creative servers. Its filters on the server list are Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
What is the location of The Sandbox?
Region: not published by The Sandbox. What you see on When Is Rust Force Wipe is the server's own location claim; the machine's real spot is not looked up. Connect using 137.83.97.27:28015.
How reliable is The Sandbox, and is it currently online?
The Sandbox is currently up. The first sighting of it by When Is Rust Force Wipe was on 16 October 2026.
What is the Rust version for The Sandbox?
On Windows, The Sandbox runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does The Sandbox wipe?
The wipes of The Sandbox on record are too few to show its rhythm. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. It has been running its current world since 14 days 15 hours ago.
How to join
What is the process to join The Sandbox?
Enter client.connect 137.83.97.27:28015 after pressing F1 to open the console in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2634
cs166494
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.