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Specimen recordcat. no. 11,204habitat unknownfirst seen 23 Oct 2026

A Rust Server

Online 149.86.227.128:28015 checked 12m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#11,204
top 50%
Last wipe
5d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123404:0013:0022:0007:0016:0002:00

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. 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
15k10k15k20k23 Oct24 Oct25 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 50% 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

Population

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place A Rust Server at #11,204, within the top 50% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

Of its 40 slots, A Rust Server is using 0 right now. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 3 at the busiest.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from A Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; 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?

On Rust Population, A Rust Server is filed under these lists: 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 week.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of A Rust Server'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. Counted from 5 days 6 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A Rust Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

Nothing in A Rust Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?

On Linux, A Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find A Rust Server online now. Over the last 5 full days, 119 of 120 hours were online, or 99%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 23 October 2026.

Where is A Rust Server located?

No region is published by A Rust Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 149.86.227.128:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join A Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 149.86.227.128:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp40
Max players 40 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
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.