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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,264NAfirst seen 17 Sep 2026

A Rust Server

Offline NA 47.28.14.230:28018 checked 4h ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 300
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,264
top 69% · #1493 in NA
Last wipe
5h ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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, measured since 17 Sep. 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep23 Sep26 Sep28 Sep1 Oct30 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 80% in NA. 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.

34.7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0
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 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 22:09 UTC5h ago – – running 0
Fri 25 Sep, 06:21 UTC34d ago 0 – 34.7 days 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 A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days A Rust Server is #15,264, #1,493 in North America, placing it in the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is A Rust Server?

At this count A Rust Server is offline, with its last sighting 4 hours ago. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Tags

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

These are the tags A Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp300 (Max players): 300 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include A Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include A Rust Server: Community servers, field-listed and North American Rust servers. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on A Rust Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of A Rust Server's wipes are on record. 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 5 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,800 with seed 1. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Rust Server states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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 A Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for A Rust Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, A Rust Server was last seen 4 hours ago. It was up 1% of the time over the last 7 full days, 1 out of 168 hours. On 17 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A Rust Server located?

By its NA tag, A Rust Server says it is in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 47.28.14.230:28018 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join A Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 47.28.14.230:28018; 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 mp300,ptrak,$r?,v2635,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp300
Max players 300 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.