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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,159habitat unknownfirst seen 20 Oct 2026

A Simple Rust Server

Offline 5.173.186.21:28015 checked 7d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 2
= 1 player
50% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,159
top 59%
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
15k10k15k20k20 Oct22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct28 Oct

Top 59% 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 #13,159, within the top 59% of ranked servers.

How busy is A Simple Rust Server?

A Simple Rust Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 7 days 11 hours ago.

Lists and tags

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

These are the tags A Simple Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; 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?

On Rust Population, A Simple Rust Server is filed under these lists: 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?

Too few wipes are on record for A Simple Rust Server to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 11 days 7 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does A Simple Rust Server run?

A Simple Rust Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

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. You get survival here, 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. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does A Simple Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows for A Simple Rust Server. 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 7 days 11 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 20 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A Simple Rust Server located?

A region is not published by A Simple Rust Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 5.173.186.21:28015.

How to join

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.173.186.21:28015; 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 You can join up to 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
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.