nameserver
Offline 178.177.238.1:28015 checked 22d 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 54% 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 nameserver rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place nameserver at #12,212, within the top 54% of all ranked servers.
How busy is nameserver?
At this count nameserver is offline, with its last sighting 22 days 14 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on nameserver mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags nameserver publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp15 (Max players): The server has 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166494 (Build): Game build: 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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?
nameserver appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
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. The world it runs now dates from 25 days 22 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does nameserver run?
nameserver uses a map the game generates: procedural.
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, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. 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 nameserver run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what nameserver uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is nameserver online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw nameserver 22 days 14 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 5 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
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 178.177.238.1:28015.
How to join
How do I join nameserver?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 178.177.238.1:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.