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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,964habitat unknownfirst seen 20 Sep 2026

Josh's Rust Server

Offline 173.250.132.166:28015 checked 32d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,964
top 71%
Last wipe
37d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep23 Sep26 Sep28 Sep1 Oct4 Oct

Top 71% 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.

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 21 Sep, 23:30 UTC37d ago 2 – running 1

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 Josh's Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Josh's Rust Server places at #16,964, within the top 71% of ranked servers.

How busy is Josh's Rust Server?

At this count Josh's Rust Server is offline, with its last sighting 32 days ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Josh's Rust Server mean?

These are the tags Josh's Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): The server has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs164530 (Build): Game build: 164530; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Josh's Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include Josh's 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 does wipe day look like on Josh's Rust Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Josh's Rust Server?

The record holds too few of Josh's Rust Server'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. 37 days 14 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does Josh's Rust Server run?

The map on Josh's Rust Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Josh's Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Josh's Rust Server. 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. 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.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Josh's Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows is what Josh's Rust Server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Josh's Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Josh's Rust Server was last seen 32 days ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 20 September 2026.

Where is Josh's Rust Server located?

Nothing published by Josh's Rust Server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 173.250.132.166:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Josh's Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 173.250.132.166:28015; 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp5
Max players The server has 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs164530
Build Game build: 164530.
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.