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Specimen recordcat. no. 8,645habitat unknownfirst seen 28 Oct 2026

Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active

Offline 104.28.196.181:28015 checked 18h ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#8,645
top 39%
Last wipe
1d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75108:0010:0012:0013:0015:0017:00

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
12.5k5k7.5k10k28 Oct29 Oct

Top 39% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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 Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active at #8,645, within the top 39% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active?

At this count Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active is offline, with its last sighting 18 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 1. Look at the last 48 hours and 10:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server. 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 Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active?

On Rust Population, Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 44 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active run?

Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active?

No gather rate appears in the name of Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Carbon plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active was last seen 18 hours ago. It was first seen by Rust Population on 28 October 2026.

Where is Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active located?

A region is not published by Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 104.28.196.181:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Zark Rust Server | Custom & Active?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 104.28.196.181:28015; 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

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.