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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,915habitat unknownfirst seen 7 Oct 2026

A Rust Server

Offline 169.197.85.197:5503 checked 21d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,915
top 72%
Last wipe
21d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe 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
15k10k15k20k7 Oct8 Oct10 Oct11 Oct13 Oct14 Oct

Top 72% 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 A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, A Rust Server places at #15,915, within the top 72% of ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

We have no live count for A Rust Server right now. It was last seen 21 days 17 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags A Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167058 (Build): The game build is 167058; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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?

These Rust Population lists include A Rust Server: 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 is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of A Rust Server's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 21 days 17 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

The map on A Rust Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Rust Server states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Linux for A Rust Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

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

Currently offline, A Rust Server was last seen 21 days 17 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 7 October 2026.

Where is A Rust Server located?

Nothing published by A 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 169.197.85.197:5503.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 169.197.85.197:5503 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,cs167058,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp40
Max players 40 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs167058
Build The game build is 167058.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.