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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,961habitat unknownfirst seen 1 Oct 2026

A Rust Server

Offline 159.196.216.2:20001 checked 20d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,961
top 71%
Last wipe
20d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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
15k10k15k20k1 Oct4 Oct6 Oct9 Oct11 Oct14 Oct

Top 71% 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.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 7 Oct, 03:24 UTC20d ago 0 – 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?

Over the past week it ranks #15,961 for player hours, which puts A Rust Server in the top 71% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

A Rust Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 20 days 18 hours ago.

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): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; 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. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on A Rust Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

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. 20 days 18 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

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?

No gather rate appears in the name of A Rust Server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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 2634 and build 166652. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

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

Offline at the moment, A Rust Server was last seen 20 days 18 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 1 October 2026.

Where is A Rust Server located?

A region is not 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. Connect at 159.196.216.2:20001.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 159.196.216.2:20001 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp40
Max players 40 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs166652
Build The game build is 166652.
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.