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

islands-boot

Offline 208.88.69.27:38740 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?

Over the past week it ranks #15,949 for player hours, which puts islands-boot in the top 71% of all ranked servers.

How busy is islands-boot?

At this count islands-boot is offline, with its last sighting 22 days 18 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on islands-boot mean?

What the game's server browser reads from islands-boot is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): This server runs game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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 islands-boot?

islands-boot appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on islands-boot?

Too few wipes are on record for islands-boot to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 22 days 18 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

What are the rules and settings on islands-boot?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: islands-boot states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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?

Currently offline, islands-boot was last seen 22 days 18 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?

Nothing published by islands-boot states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 208.88.69.27:38740 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join islands-boot?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 208.88.69.27:38740; 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?,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 This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166494
Build This server runs game build 166494.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$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.