Server For Friends
Offline 178.126.213.238:28015 checked 34d 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 68% 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?
The last seven days of player hours place Server For Friends at #15,221, within the top 68% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Server For Friends?
Server For Friends is offline at this count; we last saw it 34 days 11 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Server For Friends mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Server For Friends publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): You can join up to 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): This server runs game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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?
These Rust Population lists include Server For Friends: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on Server For Friends?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Server For Friends's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 36 days 11 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
Which map does Server For Friends run?
The map on Server For Friends is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Server For Friends?
No gather rate appears in the name of Server For Friends. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Server For Friends run?
On Windows, Server For Friends runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Server For Friends online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw Server For Friends 34 days 11 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 24 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Server For Friends located?
Nothing published by Server For Friends states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 178.126.213.238:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Server For Friends?
Either enter client.connect 178.126.213.238:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.