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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,742habitat unknownfirst seen 22 Oct 2026

Development Server

Offline 176.2.198.234:28015 checked 5d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#14,742
top 66%
Last wipe
9d 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
15k10k15k20k22 Oct23 Oct24 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 66% 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 Development Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #14,742 for player hours, which puts Development Server in the top 66% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Development Server?

Development Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 5 days 12 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Development Server mean?

These are the tags Development Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^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 Development Server?

On Rust Population, Development Server 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 Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Development Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Development 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. Counted from 9 days 11 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Development Server run?

The map on Development Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Development Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Development Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Carbon running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Development Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Development Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Development Server online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Development Server was last seen 5 days 12 hours ago. Over the last 5 full days, 1 of 120 hours were online, or 1%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 22 October 2026.

Where is Development Server located?

No region is published by Development Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 176.2.198.234:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Development Server?

Either enter client.connect 176.2.198.234:28015 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.