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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,800habitat unknownfirst seen 11 Oct 2026

nameserver

Offline 5.173.186.38:28015 checked 17d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 15
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,800
top 72%
Last wipe
17d 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
15k10k15k20k11 Oct12 Oct14 Oct15 Oct17 Oct18 Oct

Top 72% 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 nameserver rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,800 for player hours, which puts nameserver in the top 72% of all ranked servers.

How busy is nameserver?

We have no live count for nameserver right now. It was last seen 17 days 21 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on nameserver mean?

These are the tags nameserver publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp15 (Max players): 15 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167398 (Build): This server runs game build 167398; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 nameserver?

On Rust Population, nameserver is filed under these lists: 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.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on nameserver?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of nameserver'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. 17 days 21 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does nameserver run?

nameserver uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on nameserver?

Nothing in nameserver's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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 nameserver run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Windows is what nameserver uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is nameserver online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, nameserver was last seen 17 days 21 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 11 October 2026.

Where is nameserver located?

Nothing published by nameserver states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 5.173.186.38:28015.

How to join

How do I join nameserver?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 5.173.186.38:28015. 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 mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp15
Max players 15 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs167398
Build This server runs game build 167398.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$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.