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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,639habitat unknownfirst seen 1 Oct 2026

xero-boot

Offline 208.88.69.27:37228 checked 28d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,639
top 70%
Last wipe
28d 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
15k10k15k20k1 Oct2 Oct4 Oct5 Oct7 Oct8 Oct

Top 70% 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 xero-boot rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, xero-boot places at #16,639, within the top 70% of ranked servers.

How busy is xero-boot?

At this count xero-boot is offline, with its last sighting 28 days 14 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on xero-boot mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags xero-boot publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp1 (Max players): The server has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): This server runs game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. 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 xero-boot?

On Rust Population, xero-boot is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on xero-boot?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of xero-boot's wipes are on record. 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 28 days 14 hours ago.

Settings

What are the rules and settings on xero-boot?

Nothing in xero-boot's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does xero-boot run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux for xero-boot. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is xero-boot online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, xero-boot was last seen 28 days 14 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 1 October 2026.

Where is xero-boot located?

Nothing published by xero-boot states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 208.88.69.27:37228.

How to join

How do I join xero-boot?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 208.88.69.27:37228; 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp1
Max players The server has 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs165217
Build This server runs game build 165217.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use.

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.