Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 10,780habitat unknownfirst seen 15 Oct 2026

ServerName

Offline 178.66.209.98:28015 checked 3d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 5
= 1 player
20% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#10,780
top 48%
Last wipe
3d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
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
15k10k15k20k15 Oct18 Oct21 Oct23 Oct26 Oct29 Oct

Top 48% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

4.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sun 25 OctFri 23 OctThu 15 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 25 Oct, 10:03 UTC3d ago 1 – running 1
Fri 23 Oct, 04:29 UTC5d ago 1 – 2.2 days 1
Thu 15 Oct, 19:10 UTC13d ago 1 – 7.4 days 1

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 ServerName rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, ServerName places at #10,780, within the top 48% of ranked servers.

How busy is ServerName?

ServerName is offline at this count; we last saw it 3 days 15 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 1.

Tags

What do the server tags on ServerName mean?

What the game's server browser reads from ServerName is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): You can join up to 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 ServerName?

These Rust Population lists include ServerName: 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 week.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on ServerName?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on ServerName?

No next wipe can be predicted for ServerName, which wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 3 days 15 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

What are the rules and settings on ServerName?

Nothing in ServerName's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does ServerName run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for ServerName. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is ServerName online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, ServerName was last seen 3 days 15 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 4 of 168 hours were online, or 2%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 15 October 2026.

Where is ServerName located?

No region is published by ServerName. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 178.66.209.98:28015.

How to join

How do I join ServerName?

Either enter client.connect 178.66.209.98:28015 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp5
Max players You can join up to 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.