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Specimen recordcat. no. 9,264habitat unknownfirst seen 22 Oct 2026

A Simple Rust Server

Offline 5.173.154.24:28015 checked 4d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 2
= 1 player
50% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#9,264
top 42%
Last wipe
10d 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
15k10k15k20k22 Oct23 Oct24 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 42% 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 A Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place A Simple Rust Server at #9,264, within the top 42% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Simple Rust Server?

A Simple Rust Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 4 days ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on A Simple Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags A Simple Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): The server has 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 A Simple Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include A Simple Rust Server: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on A Simple Rust Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of A Simple Rust Server's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 10 days 19 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does A Simple Rust Server run?

The map on A Simple Rust Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on A Simple Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Simple Rust Server states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does A Simple Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what A Simple Rust Server uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

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

We last saw A Simple Rust Server 4 days ago, and it is offline now. It was up 2% of the time over the last 5 full days, 2 out of 120 hours. On 22 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A Simple Rust Server located?

Nothing published by A Simple Rust Server states a region. 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 5.173.154.24:28015.

How to join

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 5.173.154.24:28015 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 mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp2
Max players The server has 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
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.