Server For Friends
Offline 178.126.198.6:28015 checked 36d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Server For Friends rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Server For Friends places at #13,187, within the top 57% of ranked servers.
How busy is Server For Friends?
We have no live count for Server For Friends right now. It was last seen 36 days 3 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Server For Friends mean?
These are the tags Server For Friends 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; cs165217 (Build): This server runs game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 Server For Friends?
On Rust Population, Server For Friends is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Server For Friends?
The record holds too few of Server For Friends'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 36 days 5 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does Server For Friends run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Server For Friends.
What are the rules and settings on Server For Friends?
Nothing in Server For Friends's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. 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 Server For Friends run?
On Windows, Server For Friends runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Server For Friends online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Server For Friends was last seen 36 days 3 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 22 September 2026.
Where is Server For Friends located?
No region is published by Server For Friends. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 178.126.198.6:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Server For Friends?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 178.126.198.6:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.