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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,949habitat unknownfirst seen 6 Oct 2026

islands-boot

Offline 208.88.69.27:38431 checked 22d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,949
top 71%
Last wipe
22d 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
15k10k15k20k6 Oct7 Oct9 Oct10 Oct12 Oct13 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

Population

How does islands-boot rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, islands-boot places at #15,949, within the top 71% of ranked servers.

How busy is islands-boot?

islands-boot is offline at this count; we last saw it 22 days 23 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on islands-boot mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags islands-boot publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166494 (Build): Game build: 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 islands-boot?

These Rust Population lists include islands-boot: 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 islands-boot?

Too few wipes are on record for islands-boot to show its 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 22 days 23 hours ago.

Settings

What are the rules and settings on islands-boot?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: islands-boot states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does islands-boot run?

On Linux, islands-boot runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

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

Offline at the moment, islands-boot was last seen 22 days 23 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 islands-boot located?

No region is published by islands-boot. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 208.88.69.27:38431.

Getting in

How do I join islands-boot?

Either enter client.connect 208.88.69.27:38431 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp1
Max players You can join up to 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166494
Build Game build: 166494.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.