Lab
Offline 188.186.17.80:28015 checked 23d 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 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 08:58 UTC23d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 20:54 UTC24d ago | 1 | – | 0.5 days | 0 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 03:55 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | 0.7 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 17:13 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 03:46 UTC26d ago | 1 | – | 0.6 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:50 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | 1.3 days | 0 |
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
Player counts
How does Lab rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Lab at #15,983, within the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Lab?
At this count Lab is offline, with its last sighting 23 days 20 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Lab mean?
These are the tags Lab publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): You can join up to 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 Lab?
These Rust Population lists include Lab: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Lab?
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 Lab?
Irregular times are when Lab wipes, which leaves no next wipe to predict. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 23 days 20 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does Lab run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Lab.
What are the rules and settings on Lab?
No gather rate appears in the name of Lab. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Lab run?
On Windows, Lab runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Lab online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw Lab 23 days 20 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 25 September 2026.
Where is Lab located?
A region is not published by Lab. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 188.186.17.80:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Lab?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 188.186.17.80:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.