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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,419habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

A Rust Server

Online 104.143.2.12:28015 checked 8m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,419
top 69%
Last wipe
22d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123407:0016:0001:0011:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304007:0016:0001:0011:0020:0005:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 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.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

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
Mon 5 Oct, 10:29 UTC22d 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,419 for player hours, which puts A Rust Server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

A Rust Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 40 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

These are the tags A Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include A Rust Server?

On Rust Population, A Rust Server is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on A Rust Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

The record holds too few of A Rust Server's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 22 days 20 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 1,024 with seed 21569. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Rust Server states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for A Rust Server. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

It ran at 30 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 20. Up to 5,425 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 1,761 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

A Rust Server is up and running at the moment. About 20 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is A Rust Server located?

No region is published by A Rust Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 104.143.2.12:28015.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 104.143.2.12:28015; 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp40
Max players 40 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.