Offline137.83.97.28:28015checked 21d 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 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 UTC28d 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
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from the figures on this pageRules and settings
Which rules govern The Sandbox?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Sandbox. Groups are capped at 8 players, the default in the game. The server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it in the Modded section: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins: Oxide. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
What map is used on The Sandbox?
A procedural map, generated by the game, runs on The Sandbox.
Tags and filters
Where can The Sandbox be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?
The Rust Player Count lists that The Sandbox fits are: Rust build and creative servers and Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you interpret the tags on The Sandbox?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Sandbox: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard in Rust; mp10 (Max players): Capacity: 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default team cap: 8 players; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version needs to be on protocol 2633 to connect; cs163794 (Build): Build number: 163794; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is in use; ^z (Modded): It appears under Modded because plugins or settings modify the game. The tags also include its current players, its queue and when its world was made, shown at the top of this page.
Player count
How many players does The Sandbox have?
The Sandbox is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 21 days 21 hours ago.
How does The Sandbox compare in server rankings?
The Sandbox is in the top 57% of all ranked servers with a rank of #13,234 for player hours over the past seven days.
Server information
What is the uptime and reliability of The Sandbox?
Last seen 21 days 21 hours ago, The Sandbox is offline right now. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 0 of 168 hours, which is 0% uptime. Rust Player Count recorded it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is used on The Sandbox?
Windows hosts The Sandbox, which runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. The protocol has to match for you to join, but Steam updates it without any action from you.
Where can you find The Sandbox?
A region is not published by The Sandbox. Where a server says it is, that is what Rust Player Count shows; it does not check the machine's actual location. It is located at 137.83.97.28:28015.
Wipe days
What happens on The Sandbox when a wipe occurs?
Recent wipes saw an average peak of 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
When does The Sandbox wipe?
With so few of The Sandbox's wipes on record, its rhythm remains unclear. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC it comes next. It has been running its current world for 28 days 13 hours.
Join the server
How can I connect to The Sandbox?
To get in, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 137.83.97.28:28015. You can also click Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and brings you onto the server.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2633
cs163794
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.