Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,377habitat unknownfirst seen 18 Oct 2026

local

Offline 173.49.166.116:28015 checked 11h ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#5,377
top 24%
Last wipe
6d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75120:0004:0006:0019:0021:0006:00

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
12.5k5k7.5k10k18 Oct20 Oct22 Oct24 Oct26 Oct28 Oct

Top 24% 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.

0.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctWed 21 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 22 Oct, 01:49 UTC6d ago 1 – running 1
Wed 21 Oct, 06:05 UTC7d ago 1 – 0.8 days 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

Population

How does local rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #5,377 for player hours, which puts local in the top 24% of all ranked servers.

How busy is local?

We have no live count for local right now. It was last seen 11 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 1. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 20:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on local mean?

What the game's server browser reads from local is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 local?

On Rust Population, local is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on local?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on local?

Too few wipes are on record for local 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. Counted from 6 days 16 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does local run?

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

What are the rules and settings on local?

No gather rate appears in the name of local. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does local run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what local uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is local online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, local was last seen 11 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 49 of 168 hours were online, or 29%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 18 October 2026.

Where is local located?

Nothing published by local states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 173.49.166.116:28015.

Getting in

How do I join local?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 173.49.166.116:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players 10 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.