Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 80,134 players 11,840 servers 3,897 with someone on 159 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 12,325habitat unknownfirst seen 2 Oct 2026

nameserver

Offline 178.177.237.83:28015 checked 24d ago

Measurements

Players now
2/ 15
= 1 player
13% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#12,325
top 54%
Last wipe
25d 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
15k10k15k20k2 Oct4 Oct5 Oct7 Oct8 Oct10 Oct

Top 54% 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

Population

How does nameserver rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #12,325 for player hours, which puts nameserver in the top 54% of all ranked servers.

How busy is nameserver?

We have no live count for nameserver right now. It was last seen 24 days 10 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on nameserver mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags nameserver publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp15 (Max players): You can join up to 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166494 (Build): Game build: 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 nameserver?

On Rust Population, nameserver is filed under these lists: 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 schedule

What is the wipe schedule on nameserver?

Too few wipes are on record for nameserver to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 25 days 14 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does nameserver run?

nameserver uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on nameserver?

Nothing in nameserver's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does nameserver run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows for nameserver. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is nameserver online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw nameserver 24 days 10 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 2 October 2026.

Where is nameserver located?

No region is published by nameserver. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 178.177.237.83:28015.

Getting in

How do I join nameserver?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.177.237.83:28015. 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,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp15
Max players You can join up to 15 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs166494
Build Game build: 166494.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.