Players now
Live- Full
- 0%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- 0
- Peak, 7 days
- –
0% full
Rank
top 70%
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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 70% 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 12:26 UTC22d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
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- 1 208/ 500
- 2 134/ 100
- 3 187/ 225
- 4 34/ 200
- 5 191/ 700
- 6 65/ 1000
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageAbout
Is The Ponderosa online, and how reliable is it?
Right now The Ponderosa is running. The uptime it reports puts its last restart about 13 days 13 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online: 100%. Rust Dashboard logged it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does The Ponderosa run?
On Linux, The Ponderosa runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam keeps your game updated, so it will be on the same protocol and able to join.
Where is The Ponderosa located?
No region is published by The Ponderosa. A server's stated location is what Rust Dashboard displays; it does not check where the machine stands. Connect to it at 64.40.8.66:28019.
Does The Ponderosa run smoothly?
Server fps averaged 28 over the last 48 hours and never dropped below 8. At its highest the count reached 66,466 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest. Memory use peaked at 8,516 MB. When fps is low and entities keep piling up, players notice it as lag.
Tags, lists
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include The Ponderosa?
The Rust Dashboard lists that carry The Ponderosa are: 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 Ponderosa mean?
The browser in the game reads gmrust (Game mode): The game runs on standard Rust survival settings; mp40 (Max players): 40 is the slot count; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game's own limit of 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must run protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server sets no region code; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugins here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings; the listing is Modded from The Ponderosa as its tags. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, and appear at the top of this page.
Live players
How busy is The Ponderosa?
0 players are playing on The Ponderosa right now, out of 40 slots. The seven-day average for this server is 0 players.
How does The Ponderosa rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put The Ponderosa at #15,383, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
Reset times
What does wipe day look like on The Ponderosa?
Its recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours passed before the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on The Ponderosa?
The Ponderosa has too few wipes on record yet for its rhythm to be seen. A force wipe comes once a month for all Rust servers, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it runs now dates from 22 days 6 hours ago.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on The Ponderosa?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Ponderosa. Groups hold up to 8 players, the default for the game. survival is the mode here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can fight other players and raid their bases. Plugins or settings alter the game, so the browser puts it under Modded. Oxide plugins are loaded. VAC is on: that is Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map does The Ponderosa run?
The Ponderosa runs a procedural map of size 5,800 with seed 1, made by the game. Because size and seed fix the map, a RustMaps view is available from this page. It gives its map the name Custom Map.
Connect
How do I join The Ponderosa?
The console in Rust opens with F1, and client.connect 64.40.8.66:28019 goes in there. Launch Rust on this page is the other route, opening Rust through Steam to connect you.
