nameserver
Offline 178.177.238.17:28015 checked 23d 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 06:22 UTC26d ago | – | – | running | 1 |
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 nameserver rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, nameserver places at #12,759, within the top 57% of ranked servers.
How busy is nameserver?
At this count nameserver is offline, with its last sighting 23 days 6 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on nameserver mean?
What the game's server browser reads from nameserver is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp15 (Max players): 15 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166494 (Build): This server runs game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $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 nameserver?
These Rust Population lists include nameserver: 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 nameserver?
Too few wipes are on record for nameserver to show its rhythm. 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 26 days 12 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does nameserver run?
The map on nameserver is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on nameserver?
No gather rate appears in the name of nameserver. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does nameserver run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows for nameserver. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is nameserver online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, nameserver was last seen 23 days 6 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 19 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is nameserver located?
A region is not published by nameserver. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 178.177.238.17:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join nameserver?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 178.177.238.17:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.