RS-6122Vanilla server
Southern Grid AU
Online OC 51.161.198.78:28070 checked 14m 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 28% of all ranked servers, top 62% in OC. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- T− 22d 2hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 35 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 05:39 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:13 UTC FW12d ago | 2 | – | 0.4 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 wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Population
What is the typical player count on Southern Grid AU?
Southern Grid AU is showing 0 players on 50 slots right now. Its seven-day average is 0 players, with a peak of 2.
What is the ranking of Southern Grid AU?
In Oceania, Southern Grid AU is #137 on seven-day player hours, with #6,122 overall and a top 28% position among ranked servers.
Server tags and lists
Where does Southern Grid AU show up in Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
On these Top Rust Servers lists you will find Southern Grid AU: Rust servers in Oceania, Best Rust community servers and Top vanilla Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Oceania; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Premium ^q and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
How should you read the tags on Southern Grid AU?
The game's server browser reads the tags that Southern Grid AU publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival follows the standard Rust ruleset; mp50 (Max players): Player slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): This server runs protocol 2634; match it to connect; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): A wipe happens every month, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No altered rates, kits or rules; this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^q (Premium): Rust premium status is required to join; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); OC (Oceania): In the server browser, this appears under Oceania. 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 Southern Grid AU?
Southern Grid AU runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1883130744, generated by the game. The map can be seen on RustMaps from this page, as identical size and seed yield the same map.
Which settings and rules apply on Southern Grid AU?
You will not find a gather rate in the name Southern Grid AU. Up to 8 players per group, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, standard survival: gathering, building and raiding. Player versus player combat and raiding are enabled. The server browser shows it under Community. Oxide plugins are loaded. Vanilla is the term it uses: no altered rates, kits or rules; this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Rust premium status is required to join. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server details
What version is Southern Grid AU running?
Southern Grid AU uses Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 with Linux as its system. Your game needs the same protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Southern Grid AU lag-free?
The last 48 hours saw it average 33 server fps, never going under 5. Its entity count reached 118,815, including buildings, deployables and all other objects. At its highest, it consumed 3,725 MB of memory. A climbing entity count and low fps are the source of the lag players feel.
What is the location of Southern Grid AU?
Its OC tag is how Southern Grid AU lists itself in Oceania. Top Rust Servers does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. It answers at 51.161.198.78:28070.
What is the uptime of Southern Grid AU?
Southern Grid AU is online at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was roughly 20 hours ago. It spent 168 of the last 168 hours online across 7 days, giving 100% uptime. The first time Top Rust Servers saw it was on 13 September 2026.
Wipe cycle
What can you expect on wipe day on Southern Grid AU?
Recent wipes saw an average peak of 2 players at their busiest. The peak of the latest wipe came 35 hours after it began.
When does Southern Grid AU wipe?
With the force wipe, Southern Grid AU resets once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC will be its next wipe, and it affects all Rust servers. Its world was last replaced 12 days 11 hours ago. Its tags indicate wipes happen each month.
Connection
How can I connect to Southern Grid AU?
Use the console: open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 51.161.198.78:28070. Or simply click Launch Rust here; it opens the game through Steam and connects you. Rust premium status is required to join.