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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,466habitat unknownfirst seen 10 Oct 2026

LinkStorm_Private

Offline 172.5.167.189:27154 checked 16d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 1
= 1 player
100% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,466
top 61%
Last wipe
18d 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
15k10k15k20k10 Oct12 Oct13 Oct15 Oct16 Oct18 Oct

Top 61% 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

Population

How does LinkStorm_Private rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #13,466 for player hours, which puts LinkStorm_Private in the top 61% of all ranked servers.

How busy is LinkStorm_Private?

At this count LinkStorm_Private is offline, with its last sighting 16 days 21 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on LinkStorm_Private mean?

What the game's server browser reads from LinkStorm_Private is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167398 (Build): The game build is 167398; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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 LinkStorm_Private?

LinkStorm_Private 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 is the wipe schedule on LinkStorm_Private?

The record holds too few of LinkStorm_Private'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 18 days ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does LinkStorm_Private run?

The map on LinkStorm_Private is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on LinkStorm_Private?

Nothing in LinkStorm_Private's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does LinkStorm_Private run?

On Linux, LinkStorm_Private runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is LinkStorm_Private online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, LinkStorm_Private was last seen 16 days 21 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 10 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is LinkStorm_Private located?

No region is published by LinkStorm_Private. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 172.5.167.189:27154.

How to join

How do I join LinkStorm_Private?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 172.5.167.189:27154. 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp1
Max players You can join up to 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs167398
Build The game build is 167398.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$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.