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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,948habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Local server 261

Offline 176.97.98.78:28015 checked 27d ago

modded

Measurements

Players now
0/ 15
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,948
top 70%
Last wipe
242d 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 Sep24 Sep28 Sep1 Oct5 Oct9 Oct

Top 70% 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 Local server 261 rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,948 for player hours, which puts Local server 261 in the top 70% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Local server 261?

We have no live count for Local server 261 right now. It was last seen 27 days ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Local server 261 mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Local server 261 is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp15 (Max players): You can join up to 15 slots; v2332 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2332, to join; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; oxide (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; modded (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; h955eb6e7 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is not standard Rust; stok (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is not standard Rust. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Local server 261?

Local server 261 appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Local server 261?

Too few wipes are on record for Local server 261 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. 242 days 1 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

What are the rules and settings on Local server 261?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Local server 261 states none. You will find no published group limit here. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Local server 261 run?

Rust network protocol 2332 on Windows is what Local server 261 uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Local server 261 online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Local server 261 27 days ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Local server 261 located?

Nothing published by Local server 261 states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 176.97.98.78:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Local server 261?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 176.97.98.78:28015. 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 mp15,ptrak,v2332,h955eb6e7,stok,gmrust,oxide,modded

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp15
Max players You can join up to 15 slots.
v2332
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2332, to join.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.

Mods and access

oxide
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
modded
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

Other

h955eb6e7
Custom tag The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is not standard Rust.
stok
Custom tag The owner or a plugin applied this tag, which is not standard Rust.

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.