Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 34,824 players 11,604 servers 2,902 with someone on 69 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,869habitat unknownfirst seen 3 Oct 2026

Rust server

Offline 178.72.70.11:28015 checked 24d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 100
= 1 player
1% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,869
top 61%
Last wipe
26d 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
15k10k15k20k3 Oct4 Oct6 Oct7 Oct9 Oct10 Oct

Top 61% 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 Rust server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Rust server places at #13,869, within the top 61% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust server?

At this count Rust server is offline, with its last sighting 24 days 21 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust server mean?

These are the tags Rust server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): You can join up to 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166494 (Build): The game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Rust server?

Rust server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Rust server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Rust server'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. 26 days 11 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust server run?

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

What are the rules and settings on Rust server?

Nothing in Rust server's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. 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 Rust server run?

On Windows, Rust server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Rust server online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Rust server was last seen 24 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 3 October 2026.

Where is Rust server located?

A region is not published by Rust server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 178.72.70.11:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Rust server?

Either enter client.connect 178.72.70.11:28015 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players You can join up to 100 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs166494
Build The game build is 166494.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$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.