RS-15938Community server
Smelly Shaft
Offline 65.21.84.250:28015 checked 12d 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 29 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- T− 22d 3hThu 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 23:28 UTC FW12d ago | 0 | – | running | 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.
Player activity
How many players are usually on Smelly Shaft?
Currently, Smelly Shaft is offline; the last sighting was 12 days 12 hours ago.
Where does Smelly Shaft sit in the rankings?
On player hours across seven days, Smelly Shaft is #15,938, inside the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Tags, lists, and filters
Where does Smelly Shaft appear among the Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
These Top Rust Servers lists count Smelly Shaft among their servers: Best Rust community servers. These are the filters that 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 Smelly Shaft?
Published by Smelly Shaft for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Survival follows the standard Rust ruleset; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team, as standard in the game; v2634 (Protocol): This server runs protocol 2634; match it to connect; cs166494 (Build): Game build: 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): No region code is assigned. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue, and the time its world was made, taken from the tags.
Settings and map
What map is used on Smelly Shaft?
Smelly Shaft runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1907403889, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, because size and seed determine the map.
What settings and rules does Smelly Shaft use?
You will not find a gather rate in the name Smelly Shaft. Up to 8 players per group, as the game defaults. You play survival, the normal mode where you gather, build and raid. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. The server browser shows it under Community. VAC anti-cheat is active.
Server info
What Rust version is Smelly Shaft on?
On Linux, Smelly Shaft operates Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Joining requires matching protocols, and Steam updates your game automatically.
What is the location of Smelly Shaft?
No region is published by Smelly Shaft. 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 65.21.84.250:28015.
What is the uptime of Smelly Shaft?
The server Smelly Shaft is down at the moment, with its last appearance 12 days 12 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 29 September 2026.
Wipe details
What can you expect on wipe day on Smelly Shaft?
Recent wipes saw an average peak of 0 players at their busiest. The latest wipe saw its highest player count 0 hours in.
When does Smelly Shaft wipe?
With the force wipe, Smelly Shaft 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. The world it is running now dates from 12 days 15 hours ago.
Connection
What is the process to join Smelly Shaft?
To connect manually, open the console with F1 and type client.connect 65.21.84.250:28015. Or click Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect directly.