nameserver
Offline 178.177.238.251:28015 checked 25d 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 35 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 06:22 UTC27d ago | 2 | – | running | 2 |
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
Population
How does nameserver rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, nameserver places at #12,330, within the top 54% of ranked servers.
How busy is nameserver?
At this count nameserver is offline, with its last sighting 25 days 21 hours ago.
Lists and 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): The server has 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166494 (Build): The game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on nameserver?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. Peak came 35 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on nameserver?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of nameserver's wipes are on record. 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 27 days 8 hours ago.
Settings
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. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
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?
Offline at the moment, nameserver was last seen 25 days 21 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 23 September 2026.
Where is nameserver located?
A region is not published by nameserver. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 178.177.238.251:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join nameserver?
Either enter client.connect 178.177.238.251:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.