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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,961habitat unknownfirst seen 7 Oct 2026

my simple server

Offline 196.136.144.88:28015 checked 21d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,961
top 71%
Last wipe
21d 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
15k10k15k20k7 Oct8 Oct10 Oct11 Oct13 Oct14 Oct

Top 71% 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 my simple server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, my simple server places at #15,961, within the top 71% of ranked servers.

How busy is my simple server?

At this count my simple server is offline, with its last sighting 21 days 23 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on my simple server mean?

These are the tags my simple server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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?

On Rust Population, my simple server is filed under these lists: 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 schedule

What is the wipe schedule on my simple server?

The record holds too few of my simple 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. The world it runs now dates from 21 days 23 hours ago.

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?

No gather rate appears in the name of my simple server. 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 will find it under Community: it is 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 166652 on Linux 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 21 days 23 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 7 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is my simple server located?

Nothing published by my simple server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 196.136.144.88:28015.

Getting in

How do I join my simple server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 196.136.144.88:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players 10 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166652
Build The game build is 166652.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.