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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,477habitat unknownfirst seen 25 Oct 2026

A Simple Rust Server

Offline 5.173.170.39:28015 checked 1d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 2
= 1 player
50% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#7,477
top 34%
Last wipe
10d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75119:0020:00

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
12.5k5k7.5k10k25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 34% 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

Population

How does A Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place A Simple Rust Server at #7,477, within the top 34% of all ranked servers.

How busy is A Simple Rust Server?

At this count A Simple Rust Server is offline, with its last sighting 46 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 1. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 19:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

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): 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): 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 schedule

What is the wipe schedule on A Simple Rust Server?

The record holds too few of A Simple Rust Server's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 10 days 20 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

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. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

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. 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?

Currently offline, A Simple Rust Server was last seen 46 hours ago. Over the last 2 full days, 3 of 48 hours were online, or 6%. On 25 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A Simple Rust Server located?

No region is published by A Simple Rust Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 5.173.170.39:28015.

Getting in

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

Either enter client.connect 5.173.170.39:28015 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 2 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 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.