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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,004habitat unknownfirst seen 3 Oct 2026

Rust Drive

Offline 193.29.139.198:28548 checked 26d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 4
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,004
top 70%
Last wipe
26d 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
15k10k15k20k3 Oct4 Oct6 Oct7 Oct9 Oct10 Oct

Top 70% 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 Rust Drive rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #16,004 for player hours, which puts Rust Drive in the top 70% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Drive?

At this count Rust Drive is offline, with its last sighting 26 days 6 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust Drive mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rust Drive publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp4 (Max players): The server has 4 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166586 (Build): The game build is 166586; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. 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 Rust Drive?

On Rust Population, Rust Drive is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Drive?

Too few wipes are on record for Rust Drive 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. Counted from 26 days 6 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

What are the rules and settings on Rust Drive?

Nothing in Rust Drive's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Carbon. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust Drive run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Linux is what Rust Drive uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Rust Drive online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Rust Drive was last seen 26 days 6 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 3 October 2026.

Where is Rust Drive located?

A region is not published by Rust Drive. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 193.29.139.198:28548 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Rust Drive?

Either enter client.connect 193.29.139.198:28548 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 mp4,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166586,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp4
Max players The server has 4 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166586
Build The game build is 166586.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use.

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.