The Squad Server
Offline 142.181.123.46:28015 checked 2h 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 33% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 28 Oct, 04:14 UTC1d ago | – | – | running | 2 |
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 The Squad Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Squad Server at #7,305, within the top 33% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Squad Server?
The Squad Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 2 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 2. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 05:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on The Squad Server mean?
These are the tags The Squad Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include The Squad Server?
The Squad Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on The Squad Server?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of The Squad Server's wipes are on record. 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 41 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does The Squad Server run?
The map on The Squad Server is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on The Squad Server?
Nothing in The Squad Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. 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.
Server details
Which version of Rust does The Squad Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for The Squad Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is The Squad Server online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, The Squad Server was last seen 2 hours ago. In the last 1 full day it was found up for 6 of 24 hours, 25% of the time. It was first seen by Rust Population on 27 October 2026.
Where is The Squad Server located?
No region is published by The Squad Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 142.181.123.46:28015.
How to join
How do I join The Squad Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 142.181.123.46:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.