Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,700habitat unknownfirst seen 30 Sep 2026

nameserver

Offline 178.177.239.231:28015 checked 27d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 15
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,700
top 70%
Last wipe
32d 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
15k10k15k20k30 Sep1 Oct3 Oct4 Oct6 Oct7 Oct

Top 70% 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?

The last seven days of player hours place nameserver at #16,700, within the top 70% of all ranked servers.

How busy is nameserver?

We have no live count for nameserver right now. It was last seen 27 days 7 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): 15 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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?

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 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 32 days 8 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?

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. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does nameserver run?

On Windows, nameserver runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is nameserver online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, nameserver was last seen 27 days 7 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 30 September 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. 178.177.239.231:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join nameserver?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.177.239.231:28015. 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?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp15
Max players 15 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs165217
Build The game build is 165217.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.