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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,269habitat unknownfirst seen 27 Oct 2026

Rust NPC Server

Offline 156.59.127.208:28015 checked 2d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 8
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,269
top 68%
Last wipe
2d 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
15k10k15k20k27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 68% 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 NPC Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Rust NPC Server places at #15,269, within the top 68% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust NPC Server?

At this count Rust NPC Server is offline, with its last sighting 2 days 4 hours ago. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust NPC Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rust NPC Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp8 (Max players): You can join up to 8 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Rust NPC Server?

These Rust Population lists include Rust NPC Server: 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 3 days and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Rust NPC Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Rust NPC Server to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 2 days 16 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Rust NPC Server run?

The map on Rust NPC Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Rust NPC Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rust NPC Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust NPC Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Rust NPC Server. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

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

We last saw Rust NPC Server 2 days 4 hours ago, and it is offline now. In the last 1 full day it was found up for 0 of 24 hours, 0% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 27 October 2026.

Where is Rust NPC Server located?

A region is not published by Rust NPC Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 156.59.127.208:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Rust NPC Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 156.59.127.208:28015. 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 mp8,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp8
Max players You can join up to 8 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.