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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,546habitat unknownfirst seen 6 Oct 2026

my simple server

Offline 196.130.157.18:28015 checked 17d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 10
= 1 player
10% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,546
top 61%
Last wipe
20d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
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
15k10k15k20k6 Oct8 Oct11 Oct13 Oct16 Oct18 Oct

Top 61% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

0.5 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 8 OctThu 8 OctWed 7 Oct
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
Thu 8 Oct, 18:37 UTC20d ago 1 – running 0
Thu 8 Oct, 07:05 UTC21d ago 1 – 0.5 days 0
Wed 7 Oct, 19:01 UTC21d ago 1 – 0.5 days 0
Wed 7 Oct, 06:43 UTC22d ago 1 – 0.5 days 0
Tue 6 Oct, 18:11 UTC22d ago 1 – 0.5 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 my simple server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #13,546 for player hours, which puts my simple server in the top 61% of all ranked servers.

How busy is my simple server?

my simple server is offline at this count; we last saw it 17 days 21 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on my simple server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags my simple server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): The server has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 my simple server?

my simple server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on my simple server?

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 my simple server?

No next wipe can be predicted for my simple server, which wipes at irregular times. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 20 days 19 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does my simple server run?

my simple server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on my simple server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: my simple server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does my simple server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Windows for my simple server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is my simple server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, my simple server was last seen 17 days 21 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 6 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is my simple server located?

No region is published by my simple server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 196.130.157.18:28015.

How to join

How do I join my simple server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 196.130.157.18:28015; 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?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players The server has 10 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167398
Build Game build: 167398.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$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.