Southern Grid AU: players, wipe times and rank

Health checks

from the latest readings

ReachableOn the Steam server list, checked 10m ago
Passing
Capacity0% of 50 slots in use
Passing
Queuenobody waiting
Passing
Performancerunning at 60 fps
Passing
Fresh mapwiped 5d ago
Passing
Next wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC, in 28d 18h
Passing

Activity

players each hour, last 48

48 hours agonow

Group limit: 8, the default
Wipe schedule: monthly
Map: Procedural Map · 4500

vanillaoxidepremium

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Players

AveragePeak

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Rank

daily · 1 is best

RankRank in region

Top 40% of all ranked servers, top 81% in OC. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Performance

48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: a point a day, measured since 17 Sep. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Wipe calendar

2 days with a wipe in the last 16 weeks

JunJulAugSepOct MonWedFriSun

no wipe wiped force wipe today

Next wipe

Thursday 5 November19:00 UTC

In 28d 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

usual gap: 0.4 days
wipe-day peak: 2

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 2 OctThu 1 Oct

History

2 Oct
Fri 05:39 UTC peak 1 · running
1 Oct
Thu 19:13 UTC · force wipe peak 2 · lasted 0.4 days

Map: Procedural Map
Size: 4500
Seed: 1883130744

Open on RustMaps

Address: 51.161.198.78:28070
Region: OC
Max players: 50
Group limit: 8, the default
Wipe schedule: monthly
Last wipe: 2 Oct 2026, 05:39 UTC
Hostname: –
First seen: 13 Sep 2026

In its own words

[ Next wipe 6/Nov @ 5am AEST] A genuine Vanilla Rust environment. - Unrestricted PvP - No group limits - Vanilla loot tables - Standard rates - Active non-Competitive Admin Targeted refinement of the solo ecosystem | easing Rusts natural clan bias. - Subtle additions to solo grubbing & supply drops - Quarry lock | Short window to save your loot - Ping limited | AU/NZ only - Hand-selected procedural maps Come & enjoy Rusts original balanced gameplay with a constantly evolving premium Solo feel

Server tags

What each tag it publishes means. Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,OC,gmrust,cs167058,^q,ts8,^o.

Game

gmrustGame mode Survival in the standard Rust style.

mp50Max players The slot count is 50.

ts8Group limit This is the game default: a maximum of 8 per team.

v2634Protocol The game protocol is 2634; your game must match to join.

cs167058Build The game build is 167058.

ptrakNetworking The network layer is the game's standard, RakNet.

$r?Region code A region code is not set.

Wipe schedule

^mMonthly A monthly wipe happens, together with Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^vVanilla Facepunch's unmodified game: rates, kits and rules are unchanged.

Mods and access

^qPremium Rust's premium status is needed to join.

^oOxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is installed.

Region

OCOceania In the server browser it appears under Oceania.

Flag meanings are Facepunch's.

Player count

What position does Southern Grid AU hold?

With a rank of #175 across Oceania, Southern Grid AU stands at #9,602 for player hours in the last seven days, placing it in the top 40% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Southern Grid AU?

With 50 slots, Southern Grid AU holds 0 players at present. The average over seven days is 0 players, peaking at 2. Over the past 48 hours, the peak hour was 01:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.

Map and rules

What is the map on Southern Grid AU?

A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1883130744 runs on Southern Grid AU, produced by the game. View it on RustMaps from here: identical size and seed yield the same map.

What are the settings and rules for Southern Grid AU?

A gather rate is absent from the name Southern Grid AU. Groups can contain up to 8 players, the default for the game. It runs survival, the usual game: gathering, building and raiding. Combat between players is allowed, and bases can be raided. The server browser lists it under Community. Its plugins include Oxide. It uses the term vanilla for itself: facepunch's unmodified game: rates, kits and rules are unchanged. Rust's premium status is needed to join. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

Wipe schedule

What can you expect from wipe day on Southern Grid AU?

The average busiest count over recent wipes was 2 players. 35 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.

When does Southern Grid AU wipe?

One wipe a month comes to Southern Grid AU, with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 5 days 18 hours is the age of the current world. Its tags list a wipe schedule of once a month.

Tags and filters

What is the meaning of the tags on Southern Grid AU?

gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): The slot count is 50; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: a maximum of 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634; your game must match to join; cs167058 (Build): The game build is 167058; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is the game's standard, RakNet; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe happens, together with Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's unmodified game: rates, kits and rules are unchanged; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is needed to join; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is installed; OC (Oceania): In the server browser it appears under Oceania are the tags Southern Grid AU publishes; the game's server browser reads them. Shown at the top of this page are three more things from the tags: its players now, its queue and the time its world was made.

What lists and filters on Best Rust Servers hold Southern Grid AU?

Included in these Best Rust Servers lists is Southern Grid AU: Rust servers in Oceania, Community servers, no training or build tags and Rust server list. Filter entries for this server: Region: Oceania; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Premium ^q and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.

About the server

What Rust version does Southern Grid AU run?

The Rust version on Southern Grid AU is network protocol 2634 and build 167058, running on Linux. Steam updates your game to the same protocol required for joining.

Where can Southern Grid AU be found?

With its OC tag, Southern Grid AU lists itself in Oceania. The location a server claims is what Best Rust Servers shows, not the machine's actual location. You can reach it at 51.161.198.78:28070.

What is the performance like on Southern Grid AU?

In the last 48 hours, the server averaged 58 fps, with a minimum of 12. The entity count reached 116,217, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Memory use reached 3,905 MB. Low fps and a growing entity count are the sources of lag for players.

What is the online status and reliability of Southern Grid AU?

Southern Grid AU is online at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was roughly 3 hours ago. 86% uptime for the last 7 full days: 144 of 168 hours. The date Best Rust Servers first observed it is 13 September 2026.

How to join

How do you connect to Southern Grid AU?

Use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 51.161.198.78:28070 in the console. Rust's premium status is needed to join.