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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,838habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

A Rust Server

Online 194.54.163.251:28015 checked 13m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#13,838
top 62%
Last wipe
16d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0007:0016:0001:0010:0019:00

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 Sep26 Sep2 Oct17 Oct23 Oct29 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.

27.2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 13 OctWed 16 Sep
00.511.52+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 13 Oct, 18:44 UTC16d ago 1 – running 0
Wed 16 Sep, 14:28 UTC43d ago 3 halved by day 2 27.2 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, A Rust Server places at #13,838, within the top 62% of ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

A Rust Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 10 slots. 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 Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from A Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): The server has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 A Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include A Rust Server: 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 A Rust Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. The crowd dropped below half by day 2 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

The record holds too few of A Rust Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 16 days 2 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

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

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of A Rust Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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 A Rust Server run?

On Linux, A 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 Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, A Rust Server is online. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is A Rust Server located?

No region is published by A Rust Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 194.54.163.251:28015.

Getting in

How do I join A Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 194.54.163.251:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp10
Max players The server has 10 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.