nameserver
Offline 188.162.249.252:28015 checked 20d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does nameserver rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, nameserver places at #15,894, within the top 72% of ranked servers.
How busy is nameserver?
We have no live count for nameserver right now. It was last seen 20 days 20 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on nameserver mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags nameserver publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp15 (Max players): The server has 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167058 (Build): The game build is 167058; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $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 nameserver?
On Rust Population, nameserver is filed under these lists: 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 notes
What is the wipe schedule on nameserver?
Too few wipes are on record for nameserver 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 20 days 20 hours ago.
Settings
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. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
Server details
Which version of Rust does nameserver run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 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 20 days 20 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 8 October 2026.
Where is nameserver located?
No region is published by nameserver. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 188.162.249.252:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join nameserver?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 188.162.249.252:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.