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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,535habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Oct 2026

A Simple Rust Server

Offline 188.17.179.199:28015 checked 5d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 5
= 1 player
20% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#13,535
top 61%
Last wipe
5d 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
15k10k15k20k24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 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

Player counts

How does A Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #13,535 for player hours, which puts A Simple Rust Server in the top 61% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Simple Rust Server?

We have no live count for A Simple Rust Server right now. It was last seen 5 days 2 hours ago. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Simple Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from A Simple Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): The server has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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 A Simple Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include A Simple Rust Server: 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; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on A Simple Rust Server?

Too few wipes are on record for A Simple Rust Server to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 5 days 3 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does A Simple Rust Server run?

The map on A Simple Rust Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on A Simple Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of A Simple Rust Server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. 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 A Simple Rust Server run?

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

Is A Simple Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw A Simple Rust Server 5 days 2 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 4 full days, 0 out of 96 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 24 October 2026.

Where is A Simple Rust Server located?

Nothing published by A Simple Rust Server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 188.17.179.199:28015.

How to join

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 188.17.179.199:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players The server has 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$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.