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Specimen recordcat. no. 8,982habitat unknownfirst seen 18 Oct 2026

A Simple Rust Server

Offline 104.28.217.56:28015 checked 3d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#8,982
top 40%
Last wipe
14d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

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
15k10k15k20k18 Oct20 Oct22 Oct24 Oct26 Oct28 Oct

Top 40% 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 A Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #8,982 for player hours, which puts A Simple Rust Server in the top 40% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Simple Rust Server?

A Simple Rust Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 3 days 5 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Simple Rust Server mean?

These are the tags A Simple Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 Simple Rust Server?

A Simple Rust Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on A Simple Rust Server?

The record holds too few of A Simple 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. Counted from 14 days 3 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does A Simple Rust Server run?

A Simple Rust Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on A Simple Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of A Simple Rust Server. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does A Simple Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what A Simple Rust Server uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

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

Currently offline, A Simple Rust Server was last seen 3 days 5 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 22 of 168 hours were online, or 13%. On 18 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A Simple Rust Server located?

Nothing published by A Simple Rust Server states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 104.28.217.56:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 104.28.217.56:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp1
Max players You can join up to 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.