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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,290habitat unknownfirst seen 17 Oct 2026

A Simple Rust Server

Offline 5.173.157.78:28015 checked 11d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 2
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,290
top 70%
Last wipe
11d 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
15k10k15k20k17 Oct18 Oct20 Oct21 Oct23 Oct24 Oct

Top 70% 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?

By player hours over the last seven days, A Simple Rust Server places at #15,290, within the top 70% of ranked servers.

How busy is A Simple Rust Server?

We have no live count for A Simple Rust Server right now. It was last seen 11 days 10 hours ago.

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): 2 slots are available; 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; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 A Simple Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include A Simple Rust Server: 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 2 weeks.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on A Simple Rust Server?

Too few wipes are on record for A Simple Rust Server 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. The world it runs now dates from 11 days 10 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does A Simple Rust Server run?

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

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

No gather rate appears in the name of A Simple Rust Server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. 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 A Simple Rust Server run?

On Windows, A Simple Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

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

Offline at the moment, A Simple Rust Server was last seen 11 days 10 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 17 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. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 5.173.157.78:28015.

How to join

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 5.173.157.78:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp2
Max players 2 slots are available.
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.
cs167781
Build This server runs game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.