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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,323habitat unknownfirst seen 27 Oct 2026

A rust server

Online 121.166.52.252:1026 checked 6m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,323
top 69%
No wipes
resets
10 new worlds this week: a reset every few hours, not a wipe schedule
Next wipe
–
resets, no wipes
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123414:0015:0016:0006:0010:00

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, measured since 27 Oct. 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 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Log · new worlds

World resets

a new world every few hours; none of these counts as a wipe
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 20:44 UTC7m ago – – – 0
Wed 28 Oct, 20:17 UTC34m ago – – – 0
Wed 28 Oct, 20:00 UTC51m ago – – – 0
Wed 28 Oct, 10:27 UTC10h ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 16:12 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 16:01 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 15:25 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 15:17 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 14:44 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 14:38 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does A rust server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,323 for player hours, which puts A rust server in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A rust server?

A rust server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 40 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A rust server mean?

These are the tags A rust server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): You can join up to 40 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. 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 rust server?

A rust 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; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on A rust server?

A new world comes every few hours on A rust server, which is why no wipe schedule is kept and those resets do not count as wipes.

Map and rules

Which map does A rust server run?

A procedural map of size 3,000 from seed 1, generated by the game, is in use on A 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 A rust server?

Nothing in A rust server's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. 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 A rust server run?

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

Does A rust server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 228 server fps, with a low of 228. The entity count reached 45,222: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 1,317 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is A rust server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, A rust server is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 minutes ago. On 27 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A rust server located?

Nothing published by A rust server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 121.166.52.252:1026 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join A rust server?

Either enter client.connect 121.166.52.252:1026 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp40
Max players You can join up to 40 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.

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.