Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 38,873 players 11,630 servers 2,981 with someone on 102 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,452habitat unknownfirst seen 16 Oct 2026

Rust

Offline 200.5.55.79:28015 checked 12d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 5
= 1 player
20% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,452
top 62%
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
15k10k15k20k16 Oct17 Oct19 Oct20 Oct22 Oct23 Oct

Top 62% 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

Population

How does Rust rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Rust places at #13,452, within the top 62% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust?

Rust is offline at this count; we last saw it 12 days 3 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust mean?

These are the tags Rust publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 Rust?

Rust appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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 is the wipe schedule on Rust?

The record holds too few of Rust'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. 21 days 1 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust run?

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

What are the rules and settings on Rust?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what Rust uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Rust was last seen 12 days 3 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 16 October 2026.

Where is Rust located?

Nothing published by Rust states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 200.5.55.79:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Rust?

Either enter client.connect 200.5.55.79:28015 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp5
Max players 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166652
Build Game build: 166652.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.