Private Research
Offline 144.126.232.18:28015 checked 11d 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 70% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 17 Oct, 09:45 UTC12d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 16 Oct, 17:44 UTC12d ago | 0 | – | 0.7 days | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Private Research rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Private Research at #15,319, within the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Private Research?
At this count Private Research is offline, with its last sighting 11 days 7 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Private Research mean?
These are the tags Private Research publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp4 (Max players): The server has 4 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 Private Research?
Private Research 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 2 weeks and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Private Research?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Private Research?
The record holds too few of Private Research'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 12 days 7 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does Private Research run?
Private Research uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Private Research?
No gather rate appears in the name of Private Research. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Private Research run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux for Private Research. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Private Research online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Private Research was last seen 11 days 7 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 16 October 2026.
Where is Private Research located?
Nothing published by Private Research states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 144.126.232.18:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Private Research?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 144.126.232.18:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.