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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,236habitat unknownfirst seen 2 Oct 2026

Rust Server

Online 219.97.72.72:28015 checked 13m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#15,236
top 69%
Last wipe
25d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0007:0016:0002:0011:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608022:0007:0016:0002:0011:0020:00

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, measured since 2 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k2 Oct7 Oct12 Oct17 Oct22 Oct27 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 29 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 2 Oct, 06:43 UTC25d ago 3 – running 0

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 Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Rust Server places at #15,236, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Server?

Of its 50 slots, Rust Server is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166586 (Build): Game build: 166586; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rust Server?

Rust Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rust Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 3 players. Peak came 29 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Rust Server 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. 25 days 11 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

The map on Rust Server is procedural, made by the game at size 3,000 from seed 1234. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust Server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Linux for Rust Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 58 server fps, with 51 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 44,566, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 1,865 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Rust Server online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 47 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 2 October 2026.

Where is Rust Server located?

A region is not published by Rust Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 219.97.72.72:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 219.97.72.72:28015; 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166586,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs166586
Build Game build: 166586.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.