The Sandbox
Offline 137.83.97.28:28015 checked 36d ago
Players now
- Full
- 10%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- –
- Peak, 7 days
- –
10% full
Rank
top 57%
7-day average
peak –
Last wipe
no schedule published
Next wipe
too few wipes seen yet
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 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 15 Sep, 16:32 UTC43d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes- 1 269/ 999
- 2 76/ 999
- 3 35/ 150
- 4 22/ 100
- 5 43/ 100
- 6 39/ 100
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageAbout
Is The Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
The server is down at the moment. Its last sighting was 36 days 10 hours ago: The Sandbox. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online: 0%. The first time Rust Dashboard recorded it was 13 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does The Sandbox run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 is running on The Sandbox, which sits on Windows. Steam keeps your game updated, so it will be on the same protocol and able to join.
Where is The Sandbox located?
No region is published by The Sandbox. The location shown at Rust Dashboard is the one the server states; no lookup of the machine's position happens. You'll connect at 137.83.97.28:28015.
Tags
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include The Sandbox?
These Rust Dashboard lists include The Sandbox: Rust build and creative servers and Modded Rust servers, live now. You'll find it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Sandbox mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Sandbox: gmrust (Game mode): This is Rust as it comes, with survival rules unchanged; mp10 (Max players): The server has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs to be on the same version, protocol 2633, to get in; cs163794 (Build): This one runs game build 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the standard network layer for the game, and it is what runs here; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): This server runs Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded is where it sits: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, and appear at the top of this page.
Population
How busy is The Sandbox?
The last sighting of The Sandbox was 36 days 10 hours ago; it is offline right now.
How does The Sandbox rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put The Sandbox at #13,234, in the top 57% of all ranked servers.
Reset times
What does wipe day look like on The Sandbox?
Its recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours passed before the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Sandbox?
Too few wipes are on record for The Sandbox to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes once a month for all Rust servers, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 43 days 3 hours ago the current world was made.
Rules
What are the rules and settings on The Sandbox?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Sandbox. 8 players per group is the game's default, and that is the cap here. survival is the mode here, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are both allowed. Modded is its category in the browser, because plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins run on it. Valve's VAC anti-cheat runs here.
Which map does The Sandbox run?
A procedural map is what The Sandbox runs, generated by the game.
How to join
How do I join The Sandbox?
The console in Rust opens with F1, and client.connect 137.83.97.28:28015 goes in there. Launch Rust on this page is the other route, opening Rust through Steam to connect you.