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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,980habitat unknownfirst seen 5 Oct 2026

zen-rust

Offline 185.108.22.158:28015 checked 24d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 2
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,980
top 71%
Last wipe
24d 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
15k10k15k20k5 Oct6 Oct8 Oct9 Oct11 Oct12 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 zen-rust rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place zen-rust at #15,980, within the top 71% of all ranked servers.

How busy is zen-rust?

At this count zen-rust is offline, with its last sighting 24 days ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on zen-rust mean?

What the game's server browser reads from zen-rust is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include zen-rust?

On Rust Population, zen-rust is filed under these lists: 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 schedule

What is the wipe schedule on zen-rust?

Too few wipes are on record for zen-rust 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 24 days ago.

Map and rules

Which map does zen-rust run?

The map on zen-rust is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on zen-rust?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: zen-rust states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, 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. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does zen-rust run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what zen-rust uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is zen-rust online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, zen-rust was last seen 24 days ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 5 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is zen-rust located?

No region is published by zen-rust. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 185.108.22.158:28015.

How to join

How do I join zen-rust?

Either enter client.connect 185.108.22.158:28015 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 mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp2
Max players You can join up to 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166652
Build This server runs game build 166652.
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.