Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 73,164 players 11,801 servers 3,682 with someone on 113 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,905habitat unknownfirst seen 2 Oct 2026

Rust

Offline 148.251.154.233:28085 checked 26d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ ?
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,905
top 70%
Last wipe
26d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
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
15k10k15k20k2 Oct3 Oct5 Oct6 Oct8 Oct9 Oct

Top 70% 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

Player counts

How does Rust rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust at #15,905, within the top 70% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust?

We have no live count for Rust right now. It was last seen 26 days 10 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rust publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp0 (Max players): 0 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166586 (Build): Game build: 166586; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server. 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 Rust?

These Rust Population lists include Rust: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Rust?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Rust's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 26 days 23 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does Rust run?

Rust uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Rust?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Carbon running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Windows is what Rust uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Rust was last seen 26 days 10 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 2 October 2026.

Where is Rust located?

Nothing published by Rust states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 148.251.154.233:28085.

Getting in

How do I join Rust?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 148.251.154.233:28085. 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 mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166586,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp0
Max players 0 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166586
Build Game build: 166586.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

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.