Set up Rust Discord wipe announcements and live player counts

You can have your GuavaHost Rust Wiper post an automatic wipe announcement to your Discord, and add a simple status bot to show a live player count, so your community always knows when to jump back in.

3 min read · Updated Sep 24, 2026 · By GuavaHost Team

Create a Discord webhook

A webhook is a URL that lets an outside tool post messages into one of your Discord channels.

1. In Discord, open Server Settings, then Integrations, then Webhooks.
2. Click New Webhook and choose the channel it should post to, for example #wipes.
3. Give it a name, then click Copy Webhook URL.

Keep that URL private, since anyone with it can post to your channel.

Connect the webhook to the Rust Wiper

1. Sign in at customer.guavahost.com, open My servers and click Manage on your Rust server.
2. In the server menu, under Rust tools, open Wipes, then choose Discord announcements.
3. Paste the webhook URL into Webhook link.
4. If you want to notify people, write a Message above the embed. Use the @everyone or @here buttons, or type a role ID and click Ping this role. Pings only work in this message, not inside the embed.
5. Customise the embed if you like (Title, Description, fields, Colour bar and so on). The Variables such as {server}, {seed}, {map_size}, {wipe_type} and {next_wipe} are filled in after each wipe, and the Announcement preview shows how it will look.
6. Click Save changes in the bar at the bottom of the page.

From now on, whenever a scheduled or manual wipe finishes and the server is back online, a message posts to your channel, including the new seed and map size. To turn announcements off, clear the Webhook link and save.

What to include in the announcement

A good wipe post tells returning players everything they need in one glance:

• The wipe type, map only or map plus blueprints
• The date and time, and how often you wipe
• The connect address, for example client.connect <ip>:<port> using the address shown at the top of your server page
• The new map size or seed if you roll them
• A reminder link back to your Discord

Add a live player count

The wipe announcement covers the when, and a status bot covers how busy it is right now. A few common options:

• A Discord server-status bot that you point at your connect IP and game port (28015). Many rename a voice channel or post an embed with the live population.
• A BattleMetrics page for your server, which gives a public live count and player history you can link in Discord.
• The Rust+ companion app for personal alerts on your phone.

Whichever you choose, you feed it the same IP and port shown at the top of your server page and in the Ports & network card on Overview.

Test it before you rely on it

Save your changes, then click Send a test on the Discord announcements card and confirm with Send test. It posts your message and embed to the channel straight away, labelled as a test so nobody thinks the server wiped. Any @mention in the message will notify people, so warn them or test in a private channel first. Once you have seen one land correctly, your scheduled wipes will post the same way every cycle without any effort from you.

Still stuck? Jump into our Discord at discord.gg/GuavaHost and the team will help you out.

• rust
• discord
• wipes
• webhook
• player-count
• notifications

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