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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,685habitat unknownfirst seen 15 Sep 2026

localhost

Offline 188.27.154.6:28015 checked 20d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 2
= 1 player
50% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,685
top 62%
Last wipe
22d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep24 Sep29 Sep6 Oct11 Oct15 Oct

Top 62% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

19 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 6 OctThu 17 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 6 Oct, 09:45 UTC22d ago 1 – running 1
Thu 17 Sep, 10:19 UTC41d ago 1 held half 19 days 1

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 localhost rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place localhost at #13,685, within the top 62% of all ranked servers.

How busy is localhost?

localhost is offline at this count; we last saw it 20 days 12 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on localhost mean?

What the game's server browser reads from localhost is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): 2 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167058 (Build): The game build is 167058; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 localhost?

These Rust Population lists include localhost: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on localhost?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. In 100% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on localhost?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of localhost'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. The world it runs now dates from 22 days 12 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does localhost run?

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

What are the rules and settings on localhost?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: localhost states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. 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 localhost run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Windows is what localhost uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is localhost online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, localhost was last seen 20 days 12 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 15 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is localhost located?

No region is published by localhost. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 188.27.154.6:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join localhost?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 188.27.154.6:28015. 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 mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167058,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp2
Max players 2 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167058
Build The game build is 167058.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.