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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,276habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Oct 2026

Central Rust

Offline 5.0.40.12:28015 checked 5d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,276
top 69%
Last wipe
5d 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
15k10k15k20k24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% 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 Central Rust rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Central Rust at #15,276, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Central Rust?

At this count Central Rust is offline, with its last sighting 5 days 1 hours ago. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Central Rust mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Central Rust is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; 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): This server has no region code. 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 Central Rust?

On Rust Population, Central Rust is filed under these lists: 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; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Central Rust?

The record holds too few of Central Rust'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. Counted from 5 days 2 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does Central Rust run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Central Rust.

What are the rules and settings on Central Rust?

Nothing in Central Rust's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. 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 disabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Central Rust run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Central Rust. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Central Rust online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Central Rust was last seen 5 days 1 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 4 full days, 0 out of 96 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 24 October 2026.

Where is Central Rust located?

No region is published by Central Rust. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 5.0.40.12:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Central Rust?

Either enter client.connect 5.0.40.12:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players 10 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
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 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.