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RUST SERVER HOSTING · BRING YOUR OWN HARDWARE

Rust server hosting, with wipe day on autopilot.

Running a Rust server is a monthly ritual: forced wipes, plugin updates, map seeds. Rent a box at cost and hand the ritual to Warp, our AI server admin. It runs your server and takes wipe day off your calendar.

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Recommended RAM

8-16 GB

Typical VPS cost

$10-25/mo

Setup

One sentence

Terminal skills

None

01THE MATH

What hosting actually costs.

Managed Rust hosting for a proper map typically costs $20 to $40 a month, and modded servers climb from there. The compute itself rents for far less. What you were really paying for was someone who knows what to do on the first Thursday of the month.

Honest math: small vanilla servers can be had cheap from budget hosts. If you run modded, use custom seeds, or care about wipe day going smoothly, the self-hosted road is cheaper and calmer.

THE USUAL WAY

Managed Rust host

$20-40/mo for a serious map
Wipe day is still your job on most panels
Plugin frameworks behind extra tiers
Slot-based pricing on many plans

SELF-HOSTED

Your VPS + Warp

8-16 GB box typically $10-25/mo at cost
$15/mo flat for the AI admin
Wipes, seeds, and plugins handled by asking
No slot caps, your rules

02THE ADMIN

Meet Warp, your server admin.

Warp installs the Rust dedicated server with SteamCMD, manages your Oxide or Carbon plugins, and handles the monthly forced wipe: update, fresh seed, map wipe, optional blueprint wipe, plugins intact. Describe your server once; it remembers how you like it.

Install and update the Rust dedicated server
Handle monthly forced wipes and map wipes
Manage Oxide or Carbon plugins
Set map size, seed, and server convars
Schedule restarts and backups
Watch performance and diagnose lag

Connect a machine More about Warp

warp · root@vps · rustonline

You

spin up a rust server, 3500 map, seed 424242

Warp

Installed the Rust dedicated server with SteamCMD and launched it with world size 3500 and seed 424242 in a screen session. It's live.

You

install Oxide with a teleport plugin and kits

Warp

Installed Oxide, then added NTeleportation and Kits. Both loaded without errors.

You

it's forced wipe thursday, do the usual

Warp

Updated the server, wiped the map with a fresh seed, kept blueprints, and restarted. Plugins came back clean.

FORCED WIPE · OXIDE / CARBON · CUSTOM SEEDSyou own the box

03THE BOX

What to rent for Rust.

Rust cares about memory and disk speed. Big maps and long wipe cycles eat RAM, and an NVMe disk keeps save stalls short. Any provider works: pick one, rent the box, and Warp takes it from there.

Memory

8-16 GB

8 GB runs a modest map; 16 GB is comfortable for 3500+ worlds with plugins.

CPU

4 vCPU

Fast cores keep the tick rate healthy under load.

Storage

40 GB NVMe

The install is large and wipe archives add up.

Region

Near your players

Latency decides fights.

04HOW IT WORKS

Three fields, then just ask.

You bring the machine. Warp brings the expertise. Nothing to install on your side, and no terminal to learn.

Rent a VPS anywhere

Any provider, any region. You get an IP, a username, and a password or SSH key by email.

Connect it to Warp

Paste those credentials once. Warp verifies the box and pins its host key. Credentials are encrypted at rest.

Ask for your Rust server

Describe what you want in your own words. Warp installs it, configures it, and reports back.

things people ask · rust

“Wipe the map with a new seed but keep blueprints”

“Install a kits plugin”

“Update the server before tonight”

Plain language in, running server out

05PRICING

Flat rate. No per-gigabyte games.

One flat subscription per environment. You pay your VPS provider directly for the hardware, at their price, and you pay us for the agent that runs it. That is the whole model. No resource markup, no surprise overages.

Bring your own VPS from any provider
Up to 3 environments per account
Fair use, no per-command metering
Cancel anytime from billing

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PER ENVIRONMENT

$15/ month

One environment is one machine you own, managed by the agent in plain language. The VPS itself is billed by your provider, separately and at cost.

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Fair use applies · not a coding agent

06QUESTIONS

Asked before renting.

How much RAM does a Rust server need?

8 GB handles a smaller map with a modest population. 16 GB is comfortable for a 3500 to 4500 world with plugins. Memory usage grows over a wipe cycle, so headroom keeps late-wipe performance smooth.

What is forced wipe, and can Warp handle it?

Rust ships a mandatory update on the first Thursday of every month that wipes every map. Tell Warp to handle wipe day and it updates the server, wipes the map, applies your seed policy, optionally wipes blueprints, and brings the plugins back.

Does it support Oxide or Carbon plugins?

Yes. Warp installs the framework you prefer and manages plugins by name: install, configure, update, remove. Plugin state survives map wipes unless you ask for a full reset.

How much does it cost to run a Rust server?

Managed hosting for a serious Rust server typically runs $20 to $40 a month. Self-hosted, the box is $10 to $25 at cost plus $15 flat for Warp. Modded servers gain the most, since plugin support usually costs extra on panels.

Do I control the map size and seed?

Completely. World size, seed, and every server convar are yours. Ask for a specific seed, a random one each wipe, or a custom map file and Warp configures the launch accordingly.