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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,835habitat unknownfirst seen 29 Sep 2026

Ring

Offline 142.120.235.68:28505 checked 27d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
1/ 1
= 1 player
100% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,835
top 60%
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
6d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

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
15k10k15k20k30 Sep2 Oct4 Oct5 Oct7 Oct9 Oct

Top 60% 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 6d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

6d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
34d 22h
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, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 22:01 UTC FW27d ago 1 – running 1

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 Ring rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #13,835 for player hours, which puts Ring in the top 60% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Ring?

We have no live count for Ring right now. It was last seen 27 days 17 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Ring mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Ring publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): The game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. 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 Ring?

Ring appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Ring?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Ring?

The force wipe is the only wipe Ring takes, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 22 hours ago.

Map and rules

What are the rules and settings on Ring?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Ring states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Carbon plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Ring run?

On Windows, Ring runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Ring online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Ring 27 days 17 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 29 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Ring located?

No region is published by Ring. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 142.120.235.68:28505 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Ring?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 142.120.235.68:28505. 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp1
Max players 1 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166494
Build The game build is 166494.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use.

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.