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Specimen recordcat. no. 9,592habitat unknownfirst seen 25 Oct 2026

A Rust Server

Offline 15.235.222.5:7066 checked 1d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 40
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#9,592
top 43%
Last wipe
4d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75120:0023:0003:0006:0010:0013:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040020:0023:0003:0006:0010:0013:00

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, measured since 25 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 43% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 25 Oct, 15:33 UTC4d ago 3 – 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 A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place A Rust Server at #9,592, within the top 43% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

At this count A Rust Server is offline, with its last sighting 29 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 3. Look at the last 48 hours and 13:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

These are the tags A Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include A Rust Server?

A Rust Server 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 week and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on A Rust Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 3 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

The record holds too few of A Rust Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 4 days 3 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 35372, generated by the game, is in use on A Rust Server. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Rust Server 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. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for A Rust Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does A Rust Server run smoothly?

It ran at 189 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 146. The entity count reached 120,048: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 3,386 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

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

Offline at the moment, A Rust Server was last seen 29 hours ago. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 27 minutes ago. Over the last 3 full days, 62 of 72 hours were online, or 86%. On 25 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A Rust Server located?

Nothing published by A Rust Server states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 15.235.222.5:7066.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 15.235.222.5:7066; 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 Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp40
Max players 40 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 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.