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Specimen recordcat. no. 11,531habitat unknownfirst seen 27 Oct 2026

local research server

Offline 107.191.0.18:28015 checked 1d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 4
= 1 player
25% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#11,531
top 52%
Last wipe
2d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75117:0018:00

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
15k10k15k20k27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 52% 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

Population

How does local research server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place local research server at #11,531, within the top 52% of all ranked servers.

How busy is local research server?

We have no live count for local research server right now. It was last seen 39 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 1. Look at the last 48 hours and 17:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on local research server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags local research server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp4 (Max players): The server has 4 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 local research server?

These Rust Population lists include local research server: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on local research server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of local research server'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. Counted from 2 days 18 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does local research server run?

local research server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on local research server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: local research server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does local research server run?

On Windows, local research server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is local research server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, local research server was last seen 39 hours ago. The last 1 full day gave 0% uptime, with 0 of 24 hours recorded as up. On 27 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is local research server located?

A region is not published by local research server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 107.191.0.18:28015.

How to join

How do I join local research server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 107.191.0.18:28015. 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 mp4,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp4
Max players The server has 4 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.