Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,998habitat unknownfirst seen 3 Oct 2026

Server

Offline 212.8.60.251:28015 checked 25d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 500
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,998
top 70%
Last wipe
25d 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
15k10k15k20k3 Oct4 Oct6 Oct7 Oct9 Oct10 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

Player counts

How does Server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,998 for player hours, which puts Server in the top 70% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Server?

Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 25 days 14 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): The server has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 Server?

Server 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 Server?

The record holds too few of Server'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. 25 days 16 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Server run?

Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Server?

Nothing in Server's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in 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 off: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Server run?

On Windows, Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Server online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Server 25 days 14 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 3 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Server located?

A region is not published by Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 212.8.60.251:28015.

How to join

How do I join Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 212.8.60.251:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp500
Max players The server has 500 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166652
Build This server runs 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.