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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,341habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 104.129.132.43:28256 checked 5m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 60
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,341
top 69%
Last wipe
8d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123417:0002:0011:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

32.7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Wed 21 OctFri 18 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 21 Oct, 09:40 UTC8d ago 0 – running 0
Fri 18 Sep, 16:39 UTC40d ago 0 – 32.7 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,341 for player hours, which puts Rust Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

Of its 60 slots, Rust Server is using 0 right now. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp60 (Max players): 60 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rust Server?

On Rust Population, Rust Server is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters 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.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Rust Server to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 8 days 6 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

The map on Rust Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux for Rust Server. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Rust Server is up and running at the moment. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust Server located?

Nothing published by Rust Server states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 104.129.132.43:28256 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 104.129.132.43:28256; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp60,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp60
Max players 60 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167781
Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.