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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,778habitat unknownfirst seen 27 Oct 2026

Simple Rust Server

Online 159.118.243.180:28015 checked 10m ago

vanilla

Measurements

Players now
0/ 23
0% full
7-day average
1
peak 4
Rank
#5,778
top 26%
Last wipe
1d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0123412:0020:0003:0011:0019:0003:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 12:07 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
05010015020012:0020:0003:0011:0019:0003:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 12:07 UTCWIPE

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 27 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
15k10k15k20k27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 26% 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 Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #5,778 for player hours, which puts Simple Rust Server in the top 26% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Simple Rust Server?

Of its 23 slots, Simple Rust Server is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 4. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 05:00 UTC, when an average of 4 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Simple Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Simple Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp23 (Max players): You can join up to 23 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. 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 Simple Rust Server?

On Rust Population, Simple Rust Server is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Simple Rust Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Simple Rust 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. The world it runs now dates from 40 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Simple Rust Server run?

The map on Simple Rust Server is procedural, made by the game at size 4,200 from seed 987654321. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Simple Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Simple Rust Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, 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. The server describes itself as vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Simple Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Simple Rust Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Simple Rust Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 127 server fps, with a low of 105. Entities peaked at 100,397, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,165 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

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

Right now, Simple Rust Server is online. About 28 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. In the last 1 full day it was found up for 23 of 24 hours, 96% of the time. On 27 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Simple Rust Server located?

A region is not published by Simple Rust Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 159.118.243.180:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Simple Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 159.118.243.180:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp23,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^v,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp23
Max players You can join up to 23 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

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.