thegibson
Offline 167.179.166.219:28015 checked 9d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9 Oct, 02:47 UTC19d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 01:53 UTC25d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 6 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does thegibson rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, thegibson places at #15,274, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is thegibson?
We have no live count for thegibson right now. It was last seen 9 days 11 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on thegibson mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags thegibson publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; 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; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 thegibson?
On Rust Population, thegibson is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the 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 thegibson?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. In those that did not hold, the fall below half came by day 2.
What is the wipe schedule on thegibson?
The record holds too few of thegibson'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 19 days 9 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does thegibson run?
A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 108205031, generated by the game, is in use on thegibson. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on thegibson?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: thegibson states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does thegibson run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what thegibson uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is thegibson online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw thegibson 9 days 11 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is thegibson located?
A region is not published by thegibson. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 167.179.166.219:28015.
How to join
How do I join thegibson?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 167.179.166.219:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.