nameserver
Offline 178.177.238.204:28015 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 71% 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?
By player hours over the last seven days, nameserver places at #15,984, within the top 71% of ranked servers.
How busy is nameserver?
We have no live count for nameserver right now. It was last seen 22 days 22 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on nameserver mean?
These are the tags nameserver publishes, as read by the game's server browser: 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): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166494 (Build): This server runs game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 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 notes
What is the wipe schedule on nameserver?
The record holds too few of nameserver'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. Counted from 27 days 7 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does nameserver run?
The map on nameserver is procedural, made by the game.
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, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does nameserver run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what nameserver uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is nameserver online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw nameserver 22 days 22 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 3 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 178.177.238.204:28015.
Getting in
How do I join nameserver?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.177.238.204:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.