Online174.56.227.165:49183checked 11m ago
The Thunderdome
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 51% 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 3, 7 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:37 UTC FW13d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 18:28 UTC19d ago | 2 | held half | 6 days | 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 wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageRules, map and settings
What are the server rules for The Thunderdome?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Thunderdome. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded, with plugins or settings that alter the game. Plugins: Oxide. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
What is the map on The Thunderdome?
A procedural map, generated by the game, runs on The Thunderdome.
Tags, lists and filters
Where can The Thunderdome be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?
These Rust Player Count lists include The Thunderdome: Modded Rust servers. You can find it on the server list using these filters: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What information do the tags on The Thunderdome convey?
The game's server browser reads these tags from The Thunderdome: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard in Rust; mp20 (Max players): Capacity: 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, which is what the game sets by default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version needs to be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166494 (Build): It runs on game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the game's usual network protocol, and this server uses it; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): This server is Modded; plugins or settings affect how it plays. The tags also include its current players, its queue and when its world was made, shown at the top of this page.
Population
How full is The Thunderdome?
Right now, 0 players are on The Thunderdome, which has 20 slots. The average player count for the last seven days is 0, and the highest point was 1. The highest average in the last 48 hours was 1 players at 23:00 UTC.
What position does The Thunderdome hold among Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, The Thunderdome is #11,213 for player hours, placing it in the top 51% of ranked servers.
About the server
How reliable is The Thunderdome, and is it online?
The Thunderdome is currently online. For the last 7 full days, it was online for 168 of 168 hours, a 100% uptime. Its first appearance in Rust Player Count was on 25 September 2026.
What is the Rust version for The Thunderdome?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what The Thunderdome uses. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.
Where can you find The Thunderdome?
A region is not published by The Thunderdome. The location shown by Rust Player Count is the one a server provides; it does not verify where the machine actually is. You can reach it at 174.56.227.165:49183.
Wipe days
What should you expect on The Thunderdome during a wipe?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 2 players. 7 hours after the wipe, the crowd on the latest wipe was at its highest. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
How often does The Thunderdome wipe?
With so few of The Thunderdome's wipes on record, its rhythm remains unclear. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe applies to all Rust servers. It has been running its current world for 13 days 15 hours.
Join the server
What steps are needed to join The Thunderdome?
Open the Rust console with F1, then type client.connect 174.56.227.165:49183. Alternatively, fit into the server through the Launch Rust button on this page; that starts Rust via Steam and joins you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp20
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.