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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,067habitat unknownfirst seen 17 Oct 2026

A Simple Rust Server

Offline 5.173.157.78:28015 checked 9d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 2
= 1 player
50% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,067
top 60%
Last wipe
9d 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. 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 60% 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.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 17 Oct, 22:27 UTC9d ago 1 – running 1

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 Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, A Simple Rust Server places at #13,067, within the top 60% 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 9 days 20 hours ago.

Tags

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

What the game's server browser reads from A Simple Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): 2 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167781 (Build): This server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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 A Simple Rust Server?

On Rust Population, A Simple Rust Server is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on A Simple Rust Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

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. The world it runs now dates from 9 days 23 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?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Simple Rust Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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 Simple Rust Server run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is what A Simple Rust Server uses. 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 9 days 20 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 17 October 2026.

Where is A Simple Rust Server located?

No region is published by A Simple Rust Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 5.173.157.78:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.173.157.78:28015; 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 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 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs167781
Build This server runs game build 167781.
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.