Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 58,911 players 11,711 servers 3,347 with someone on 176 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,338habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 118.27.226.244:28015 checked 8m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,338
top 69%
Last wipe
76d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123411:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608011:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% 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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Rust Server places at #15,338, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

Of its 50 slots, Rust Server is using 0 right now. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2632 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2632, to join; cs160556 (Build): Game build: 160556; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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?

On Rust Population, Rust Server is filed under these lists: 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 Rust Server?

The record holds too few of 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 76 days 3 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Rust Server run?

Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,000 with seed 1234. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

On Linux, Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2632 and build 160556. 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 60 server fps, with a low of 59. Up to 44,211 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 2,066 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. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 3 days 12 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust Server located?

No region is published by Rust Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 118.27.226.244:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 118.27.226.244:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2632,gmrust,cs160556,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2632
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2632, to join.
cs160556
Build Game build: 160556.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.