Rust Player Count
41,514 playing now

Online212.192.28.174:28019checked 9m ago

Penguin Paradise

teams off moddedcarbonhardcore
Players now 0/ 20 0% full
7-day average 1 peak 3
Rank #3,899 top 17%
Last wipe 12d ago no schedule published
Next wipe – too few wipes seen yet

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5210:0019:0004:0013:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

02040608010:0019:0004:0013:0022:0007:00

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 best
RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct

Top 17% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Usual gap 4.8 days between real wipes
Wipe-day peak 2 players, last three wipes
Crowd held 100% of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctSat 26 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:09 UTC FW12d ago 2 – running 1
Sat 26 Sep, 23:47 UTC17d ago 2 held half 4.8 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.

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Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Settings and map

What are the server rules for Penguin Paradise?

The name of Penguin Paradise does not state a gather rate. There is no published group limit. The server runs hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it under Modded, because plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins: Carbon. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.

Which map is running on Penguin Paradise?

On Penguin Paradise, the map is procedural, size 6,000, created by the game.

Server tags

Where can Penguin Paradise be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?

The Rust Player Count lists that Penguin Paradise fits are: Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

How should you interpret the tags on Penguin Paradise?

The game's server browser reads these tags from Penguin Paradise: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules, which are more punishing; mp20 (Max players): 20 slots are available; ts0 (Group limit): The team system is turned off; v2634 (Protocol): Joining requires the same protocol: 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the game's usual network protocol, and this server uses it; $r? (Region code): A region code is not present; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode from Facepunch: survival is harder and help is scarcer; ^z (Modded): This server is Modded; plugins or settings affect how it plays; ^y (Carbon): The Carbon plugin framework is running. 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 Penguin Paradise have?

0 of 20 slots are filled on Penguin Paradise right now. The average player count for the last seven days is 1, and the highest point was 3. The highest average in the last 48 hours was 2 players at 01:00 UTC.

Where does Penguin Paradise sit in the rankings?

Penguin Paradise is in the top 17% of all ranked servers with a rank of #3,899 for player hours over the past seven days.

About the server

What is the uptime and reliability of Penguin Paradise?

Right now, Penguin Paradise is up. It reports an uptime that puts the last restart at roughly 3 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. Rust Player Count recorded it for the first time on 17 September 2026.

What is the Rust version for Penguin Paradise?

Linux hosts Penguin Paradise, which runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. The protocol has to match for you to join, but Steam updates it without any action from you.

Where can you find Penguin Paradise?

There is no region published by Penguin Paradise. The location shown by Rust Player Count is the one a server provides; it does not verify where the machine actually is. It is located at 212.192.28.174:28019.

Is Penguin Paradise lag-free?

The server ran at an average of 52 fps over the last 48 hours, never falling below 41. The highest entity count was 418,625, covering buildings, deployables and all other objects. Peak memory use was 5,790 MB. What players perceive as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Wipe days

What should you expect on Penguin Paradise during a wipe?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 2 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

When does Penguin Paradise wipe?

With so few of Penguin Paradise'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 12 days 14 hours.

Join the server

How can I connect to Penguin Paradise?

Joining is done by opening the console (F1) and running client.connect 212.192.28.174:28019. Another way is the Launch Rust option on this page, which uses Steam to start Rust and put you in.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^h,gmhardcore,cs167781,ts0

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules, which are more punishing.
mp20
Max players 20 slots are available.
ts0
Group limit The team system is turned off.
v2634
Protocol Joining requires the same protocol: 2634.
cs167781
Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the game's usual network protocol, and this server uses it.
$r?
Region code A region code is not present.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Hardcore mode from Facepunch: survival is harder and help is scarcer.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server is Modded; plugins or settings affect how it plays.
^y
Carbon The Carbon plugin framework is running.

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.