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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,638habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Sep 2026

nameserver

Offline 178.177.239.254:28015 checked 33d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 15
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,638
top 71%
Last wipe
38d 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
15k10k15k20k24 Sep25 Sep27 Sep28 Sep30 Sep1 Oct

Top 71% 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?

By player hours over the last seven days, nameserver places at #15,638, within the top 71% of ranked servers.

How busy is nameserver?

We have no live count for nameserver right now. It was last seen 33 days 13 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): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs164530 (Build): This server runs game build 164530; 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. 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 38 days 21 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does nameserver run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on nameserver.

What are the rules and settings on nameserver?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: nameserver states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, 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 disabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does nameserver run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows for nameserver. 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 33 days 13 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 24 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is nameserver located?

Nothing published by nameserver states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 178.177.239.254:28015.

How to join

How do I join nameserver?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.177.239.254:28015. 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,cs164530,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp15
Max players The server has 15 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs164530
Build This server runs game build 164530.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.