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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,341habitat unknownfirst seen 8 Oct 2026

RUST SEARCH

Online 157.85.87.254:28675 checked 10m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,341
top 69%
Last wipe
9d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123418:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040018:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

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 8 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
15k10k15k20k8 Oct12 Oct16 Oct21 Oct25 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1.3 days
usual gap
between real wipes
33%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 20 OctSun 18 OctThu 15 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 7, 3 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 20 Oct, 09:44 UTC9d ago 7 – running 0
Sun 18 Oct, 08:04 UTC11d ago 4 held half 2.1 days 0
Thu 15 Oct, 11:03 UTC14d ago 3 held half 2.9 days 1
Wed 14 Oct, 14:00 UTC15d ago 4 – 0.9 days 0
Tue 13 Oct, 10:50 UTC16d ago 4 – 1.1 days 0
Mon 12 Oct, 13:57 UTC17d ago 4 – 0.9 days 1
Sun 11 Oct, 04:19 UTC18d ago 3 – 1.4 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does RUST SEARCH rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, RUST SEARCH places at #15,341, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is RUST SEARCH?

The count reads 0 players on RUST SEARCH, which has 10 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on RUST SEARCH mean?

These are the tags RUST SEARCH publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts128 (Group limit): The team limit is 128; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded. 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 RUST SEARCH?

These Rust Population lists include RUST SEARCH: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on RUST SEARCH?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 5 players. Peak came 3 hours into the latest wipe. In 100% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on RUST SEARCH?

Irregular times are when RUST SEARCH wipes, which leaves no next wipe to predict. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 9 days 7 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does RUST SEARCH run?

A procedural map of size 1,500 from seed 50000, generated by the game, is in use on RUST SEARCH. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on RUST SEARCH?

Nothing in RUST SEARCH's name says how gather works. The group limit is 128 players. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does RUST SEARCH run?

On Linux, RUST SEARCH runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167781. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does RUST SEARCH run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 240 server fps, with 240 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 274, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,344 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is RUST SEARCH online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, RUST SEARCH is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 3 days 4 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 8 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is RUST SEARCH located?

Nothing published by RUST SEARCH states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 157.85.87.254:28675 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join RUST SEARCH?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 157.85.87.254:28675; 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs167781,ts128,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players You can join up to 10 slots.
ts128
Group limit The team limit is 128.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs167781
Build This server runs game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

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.