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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,970habitat unknownfirst seen 28 Sep 2026

Forest Gaming

Offline 178.131.170.225:28015 checked 29d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 20
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,970
top 71%
Last wipe
29d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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
15k10k15k20k28 Sep29 Sep1 Oct2 Oct4 Oct5 Oct

Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

No hourly players around its wipes yet.

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 28 Sep, 16:12 UTC29d ago 0 – running 2

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 Forest Gaming rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Forest Gaming places at #16,970, within the top 71% of ranked servers.

How busy is Forest Gaming?

We have no live count for Forest Gaming right now. It was last seen 29 days 4 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Forest Gaming mean?

These are the tags Forest Gaming publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp20 (Max players): The server has 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 Forest Gaming?

On Rust Population, Forest Gaming is filed under these lists: 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 schedule

What does wipe day look like on Forest Gaming?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Forest Gaming?

The record holds too few of Forest Gaming'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. 29 days 4 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Forest Gaming run?

The map on Forest Gaming is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Forest Gaming?

Nothing in Forest Gaming's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Forest Gaming run?

On Windows, Forest Gaming runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Forest Gaming online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Forest Gaming was last seen 29 days 4 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 28 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Forest Gaming located?

A region is not published by Forest Gaming. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 178.131.170.225:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Forest Gaming?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 178.131.170.225:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp20
Max players The server has 20 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs165217
Build The game build is 165217.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.