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Specimen recordcat. no. 8,941habitat unknownfirst seen 28 Oct 2026

Norm

Offline 178.184.38.204:28015 checked 10h ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 1
= 1 player
100% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#8,941
top 40%
Last wipe
18h ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75111:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:00

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
12.5k5k7.5k10k28 Oct29 Oct

Top 40% 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 Norm rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #8,941 for player hours, which puts Norm in the top 40% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Norm?

Norm is offline at this count; we last saw it 10 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 1. Look at the last 48 hours and 11:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Norm mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Norm is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; 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 Norm?

Norm appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Norm?

Too few wipes are on record for Norm 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 18 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Norm run?

The map on Norm is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Norm?

Nothing in Norm'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. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Norm run?

On Windows, Norm runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Norm online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Norm 10 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was first seen by Rust Population on 28 October 2026.

Where is Norm located?

A region is not published by Norm. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 178.184.38.204:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Norm?

Either enter client.connect 178.184.38.204:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp1
Max players 1 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
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.