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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,412habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Server

Online 168.100.161.129:28089 checked 9m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 60
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,412
top 69%
Last wipe
11d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123408:0017:0002:0012:0021:0006:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

0246808:0017:0002:0012:0021:0006:00

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 17 Sep. 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% 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.

32.4 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sat 17 OctMon 14 Sep
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
Sat 17 Oct, 07:01 UTC11d ago 0 – running 0
Mon 14 Sep, 21:02 UTC43d ago 0 – 32.4 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 Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Rust Server places at #15,412, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

Rust Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 60 slots. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp60 (Max players): The server has 60 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Server?

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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

The record holds too few of Rust Server's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 11 days ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

The map on Rust Server is procedural, made by the game at size 3,500 from seed 123456. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rust Server states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what Rust Server uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 5 server fps, with a low of 5. Up to 69,600 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,931 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rust Server is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 10 days 23 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust Server located?

Nothing published by Rust Server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 168.100.161.129:28089.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 168.100.161.129:28089; 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 mp60,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp60
Max players The server has 60 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$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.