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Specimen recordcat. no. 4,831habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 108.76.98.217:28015 checked 8m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 20
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#4,831
top 22%
Last wipe
26d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
7d 19h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5200:0009:0018:0002:0011:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020000:0009:0018:0002:0011:0021:00

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 22% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 19h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 19h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 28 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 23:36 UTC FW26d ago 1 – 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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #4,831 for player hours, which puts Rust Server in the top 22% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

The count reads 0 players on Rust Server, which has 20 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 04:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 2 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

These are the tags Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp20 (Max players): The server has 20 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Rust Server?

Rust Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 28 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Once a month Rust Server wipes, and that is with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 23 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 12345, generated by the game, is in use on Rust Server. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rust Server states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. 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 off: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

On Windows, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 109 server fps, with a low of 65. The entity count reached 121,791: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 4,880 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Rust Server is up and running at the moment. About 6 days 2 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust Server located?

Nothing published by Rust Server states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 108.76.98.217:28015.

How to join

How do I join Rust Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 108.76.98.217:28015. 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 mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp20
Max players The server has 20 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 Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.