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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,860habitat unknownfirst seen 29 Sep 2026

A Rust Server

Offline 169.197.86.31:5590 checked 30d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,860
top 71%
Last wipe
30d 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
15k10k15k20k29 Sep30 Sep2 Oct3 Oct5 Oct6 Oct

Top 71% 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?

Over the past week it ranks #16,860 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 30 days ago.

Lists and 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): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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?

On Rust Population, A Rust Server is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

Too few wipes are on record for A 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 30 days 1 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on A Rust Server.

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. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. 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.

About the server

Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux for A Rust Server. 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 30 days 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 29 September 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. 169.197.86.31:5590 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 169.197.86.31:5590. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp40
Max players 40 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs165217
Build The game build is 165217.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$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.