Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 37,519 players 11,628 servers 2,946 with someone on 100 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 11,746habitat unknownfirst seen 19 Sep 2026

rust-server

Offline 176.0.71.177:28015 checked 37d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
2/ 5
= 1 player
40% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#11,746
no region published
Last wipe
51d 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep21 Sep23 Sep24 Sep26 Sep27 Sep
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 rust-server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place rust-server at #11,746, within the top – of all ranked servers.

How busy is rust-server?

We have no live count for rust-server right now. It was last seen 37 days 20 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on rust-server mean?

These are the tags rust-server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): You can join up to 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs163207 (Build): The game build is 163207; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. 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 rust-server?

rust-server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on rust-server?

The record holds too few of 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. The world it runs now dates from 51 days 11 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does rust-server run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on rust-server.

What are the rules and settings on rust-server?

Nothing in rust-server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does rust-server run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163207 on Windows is what rust-server uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is rust-server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, rust-server was last seen 37 days 20 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 19 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is rust-server located?

Nothing published by rust-server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 176.0.71.177:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join rust-server?

Either enter client.connect 176.0.71.177:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163207,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp5
Max players You can join up to 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs163207
Build The game build is 163207.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.

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.