RS-15912Community server
Africa
Online 198.73.57.173:28015 checked 11m ago
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
Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Player activity
How populated is Africa?
On 30 slots, Africa has 0 players at this moment. Over the past seven days, the average player count was 0.
Where does Africa sit in the rankings?
On player hours across seven days, Africa is #15,912, inside the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Tags, lists, and filters
Where does Africa show up in Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
These Top Rust Servers lists include Africa: Best Rust community servers. These are the filters that bring it up on the server list: Region: Africa; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is the meaning of the tags on Africa?
The game's server browser reads the tags that Africa publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival follows the standard Rust ruleset; mp30 (Max players): There are 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, which is the game default; v2631 (Protocol): This server runs protocol 2631; match it to connect; cs156658 (Build): Running game build 156658; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. Shown at the top of this page, and also in the tags: its players now, its queue, and the time its world was made.
Rules, settings, and map
What map is used on Africa?
A procedural map of size 4,250 with seed 1104, created by the game, is in use on Africa. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, because size and seed determine the map.
What does Africa run for rules and settings?
No gather rate is given in the name Africa. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. It runs survival, standard survival: gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser shows it under Community. The server runs with VAC on.
Server info
What Rust version is Africa on?
Africa uses Rust network protocol 2631 and build 156658 with Windows as its system. The protocol must match for you to join; Steam will update your game.
What is the performance like on Africa?
Over the last two days, it ran at an average of 85 server fps, minimum 76. Its entity count reached 100,228, including buildings, deployables and all other objects. Its memory use reached 6,625 MB at most. A climbing entity count and low fps are the source of the lag players feel.
Where can Africa be found?
The name of Africa points to Africa, though no region tag is published. Top Rust Servers does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You reach it at 198.73.57.173:28015.
Is Africa currently online?
Africa is online at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was roughly 15 days 16 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, it was online for 168 of 168 hours, or 100%. It was first observed by Top Rust Servers on 13 September 2026.
Wipe cycle
How often does Africa wipe?
Not enough wipe data exists yet to identify the rhythm of Africa. The monthly force wipe applies to every Rust server; the next one is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The present world has been live since 102 days 15 hours ago.
Connection
What is the process to join Africa?
To connect manually, open the console with F1 and type client.connect 198.73.57.173:28015. Or click Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect directly.