Friends Server
Offline 108.235.164.66:28015 checked 23d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 64% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Friends Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Friends Server at #14,285, within the top 64% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Friends Server?
At this count Friends Server is offline, with its last sighting 23 days 20 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Friends Server mean?
These are the tags Friends Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp8 (Max players): You can join up to 8 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Friends Server?
Friends Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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 and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Friends Server?
Too few wipes are on record for Friends Server to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 21 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does Friends Server run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Friends Server.
What are the rules and settings on Friends Server?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Friends Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Friends Server run?
On Windows, Friends Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Friends Server online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, Friends Server was last seen 23 days 20 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 2 October 2026.
Where is Friends Server located?
No region is published by Friends Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 108.235.164.66:28015.
How to join
How do I join Friends Server?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 108.235.164.66:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.