Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,929habitat unknownfirst seen 14 Oct 2026

LocalServer

Offline 5.18.140.200:28015 checked 2d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
2/ 2
= 1 player
100% full
7-day average
1
peak 2
Rank
#5,929
top 27%
No wipes
resets
7 new worlds this week: a reset every few hours, not a wipe schedule
Next wipe
–
resets, no wipes
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
12.5k5k7.5k10k14 Oct17 Oct20 Oct22 Oct25 Oct28 Oct

Top 27% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Log · new worlds

World resets

a new world every few hours; none of these counts as a wipe
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 23 Oct, 19:36 UTC5d ago – – – 0
Fri 23 Oct, 18:50 UTC5d ago – – – 0
Thu 22 Oct, 15:30 UTC6d ago – – – 0
Thu 22 Oct, 14:15 UTC6d ago – – – 1
Thu 22 Oct, 12:55 UTC6d ago – – – 0
Wed 21 Oct, 20:28 UTC6d ago – – – 0
Wed 21 Oct, 20:23 UTC6d ago – – – 2
Wed 21 Oct, 19:06 UTC7d ago – – – 0
Wed 21 Oct, 18:28 UTC7d ago – – – 1
Wed 21 Oct, 17:29 UTC7d ago – – – 2
Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does LocalServer rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, LocalServer places at #5,929, within the top 27% of ranked servers.

How busy is LocalServer?

We have no live count for LocalServer right now. It was last seen 2 days 23 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 2.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on LocalServer mean?

What the game's server browser reads from LocalServer is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 LocalServer?

These Rust Population lists include LocalServer: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on LocalServer?

Every few hours LocalServer starts a new world, so it keeps no wipe schedule and those resets are not counted as wipes.

Settings

Which map does LocalServer run?

The map on LocalServer is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on LocalServer?

Nothing in LocalServer's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does LocalServer run?

On Windows, LocalServer runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is LocalServer online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw LocalServer 2 days 23 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 14% of the time over the last 7 full days, 23 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 14 October 2026.

Where is LocalServer located?

No region is published by LocalServer. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 5.18.140.200:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join LocalServer?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.18.140.200:28015; 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?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp2
Max players You can join up to 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.