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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,550habitat unknownfirst seen 25 Sep 2026

Iceman server

Offline 178.143.43.235:28015 checked 30d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 500
= 1 player
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#14,550
top 61%
Last wipe
32d 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
15k10k15k20k25 Sep27 Sep29 Sep30 Sep2 Oct4 Oct

Top 61% 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 Iceman server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #14,550 for player hours, which puts Iceman server in the top 61% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Iceman server?

At this count Iceman server is offline, with its last sighting 30 days 19 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Iceman server mean?

These are the tags Iceman server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): You can join up to 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): This server runs game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 Iceman server?

These Rust Population lists include Iceman server: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the 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 Iceman server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Iceman server'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. The world it runs now dates from 32 days 14 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Iceman server run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Iceman server.

What are the rules and settings on Iceman server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Iceman server states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Iceman server run?

On Windows, Iceman server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Iceman server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Iceman server was last seen 30 days 19 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 25 September 2026.

Where is Iceman server located?

A region is not published by Iceman server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 178.143.43.235:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Iceman server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.143.43.235:28015. 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 mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp500
Max players You can join up to 500 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs165217
Build This server runs game build 165217.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.