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Specimen recordcat. no. 12,394habitat unknownfirst seen 19 Oct 2026

nameserver

Offline 217.97.127.248:28015 checked 9d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 15
= 1 player
7% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#12,394
top 56%
Last wipe
26d 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
15k10k15k20k19 Oct20 Oct22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct

Top 56% 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 nameserver rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #12,394 for player hours, which puts nameserver in the top 56% of all ranked servers.

How busy is nameserver?

nameserver is offline at this count; we last saw it 9 days 21 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on nameserver mean?

What the game's server browser reads from nameserver is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp15 (Max players): The server has 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166586 (Build): The game build is 166586; 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 nameserver?

On Rust Population, nameserver is filed under these lists: 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 nameserver?

Too few wipes are on record for nameserver 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. Counted from 26 days 22 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does nameserver run?

nameserver uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on nameserver?

Nothing in nameserver's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does nameserver run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Windows is what nameserver uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is nameserver online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, nameserver was last seen 9 days 21 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 19 October 2026.

Where is nameserver located?

A region is not published by nameserver. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 217.97.127.248:28015.

How to join

How do I join nameserver?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 217.97.127.248:28015; 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 mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166586,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp15
Max players The server has 15 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166586
Build The game build is 166586.
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.