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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,947habitat unknownfirst seen 27 Sep 2026

A Rust Server

Offline 173.234.15.70:28016 checked 32d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 40
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,947
top 72%
Last wipe
32d 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
15k10k15k20k27 Sep28 Sep30 Sep1 Oct3 Oct4 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 #16,947, 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 32 days 14 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from A Rust Server is this set of tags: 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): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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?

A 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.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

Too few wipes are on record for A Rust Server to show its 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 32 days 15 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A Rust Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

Nothing in A Rust Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. 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.

About the server

Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux is what A Rust Server uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

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

Currently offline, A Rust Server was last seen 32 days 14 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 27 September 2026.

Where is A Rust Server located?

A region is not published by A Rust Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 173.234.15.70:28016 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 173.234.15.70:28016; 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 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 The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs165217
Build Game build: 165217.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.