RS-13786Community server
The Citadel
Offline 50.82.0.135:28015 checked 7d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 62% 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 count
How populated is The Citadel?
The Citadel is offline at this moment; the last signal was 7 days 16 hours ago.
Where does The Citadel sit in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place The Citadel at #13,786, in the top 62% of ranked servers.
Server tags and lists
Where does The Citadel show up in Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
These Top Rust Servers lists count The Citadel among their servers: Best Rust community servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What is the meaning of the tags on The Citadel?
The game's server browser reads the tags that The Citadel publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): There are 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team, as standard in the game; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634 is required to join; your game must be on the same version; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): No region code is assigned. The top of this page also shows the time its world was made, its queue, and its players now, all from the tags.
Rules, settings, and map
What map is used on The Citadel?
The Citadel uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
Which settings and rules apply on The Citadel?
The name The Citadel does not state a gather rate. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. You play survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. The server browser shows it under Community. VAC anti-cheat is active.
About the server
What is the Rust version on The Citadel?
The Citadel uses Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 with Windows as its system. Your game needs the same protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Where can The Citadel be found?
A region is not published by The Citadel. What Top Rust Servers shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. It answers at 50.82.0.135:28015.
What is the uptime of The Citadel?
Currently offline is The Citadel, last seen 7 days 16 hours ago. It spent 0 of the last 168 hours online across 7 days, giving 0% uptime. It was first observed by Top Rust Servers on 6 October 2026.
Wipe schedule
How often does The Citadel wipe?
Too few wipes are recorded for The Citadel to establish a rhythm. A force wipe happens monthly across all Rust servers; the next is scheduled for Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world was last replaced 7 days 17 hours ago.
Connection
What are the steps to join The Citadel?
Use the console: open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 50.82.0.135:28015. Or simply click Launch Rust here; it opens the game through Steam and connects you.