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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,485habitat unknownfirst seen 27 Oct 2026

NTAI

Online 203.16.163.141:28668 checked 13m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
1/ 40
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
1
peak 4
Rank
#5,485
top 25%
No wipes
resets
6 new worlds this week: a reset every few hours, not a wipe schedule
Next wipe
–
resets, no wipes
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123419:0011:0019:0003:0010:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040019:0011:0019:0003:0010:0017:00

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, measured since 27 Oct. 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
12.5k5k7.5k10k27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 25% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Log · new worlds

World resets

a new world every few hours; none of these counts as a wipe
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 15:47 UTC1d ago – – – 2
Wed 28 Oct, 10:27 UTC1d ago – – – 1
Tue 27 Oct, 22:32 UTC1d ago – – – 1
Tue 27 Oct, 22:13 UTC1d ago – – – 2
Tue 27 Oct, 20:52 UTC1d ago – – – 0
Tue 27 Oct, 20:29 UTC1d ago – – – 3
Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does NTAI rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place NTAI at #5,485, within the top 25% of all ranked servers.

How busy is NTAI?

Of its 40 slots, NTAI is using 1 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 4. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 19:00 UTC, when an average of 4 players were on.

Tags

What do the server tags on NTAI mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags NTAI publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 NTAI?

NTAI appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on NTAI?

Every few hours NTAI starts a new world, so it keeps no wipe schedule and those resets are not counted as wipes.

Map and rules

Which map does NTAI run?

The map on NTAI is procedural, made by the game at size 2,500 from seed 1322277. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on NTAI?

No gather rate appears in the name of NTAI. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does NTAI run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for NTAI. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does NTAI run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 220 server fps, with 188 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 31,460, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 3,585 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is NTAI online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, NTAI is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 25 hours ago. In the last 1 full day it was found up for 14 of 24 hours, 58% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 27 October 2026.

Where is NTAI located?

A region is not published by NTAI. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 203.16.163.141:28668.

How to join

How do I join NTAI?

Either enter client.connect 203.16.163.141:28668 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp40
Max players 40 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.