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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,777habitat unknownfirst seen 5 Oct 2026

Friends game

Offline 5.182.97.236:28015 checked 22d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 500
= 1 player
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,777
top 61%
Last wipe
22d 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
15k10k15k20k5 Oct6 Oct8 Oct9 Oct11 Oct12 Oct

Top 61% 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 Friends game rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Friends game places at #13,777, within the top 61% of ranked servers.

How busy is Friends game?

We have no live count for Friends game right now. It was last seen 22 days ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Friends game mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Friends game is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): 500 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; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 Friends game?

Friends game appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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 and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Friends game?

Too few wipes are on record for Friends game 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. The world it runs now dates from 22 days 2 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Friends game run?

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

What are the rules and settings on Friends game?

No gather rate appears in the name of Friends game. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Friends game run?

On Windows, Friends game runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Friends game online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Friends game was last seen 22 days ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 5 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Friends game located?

Nothing published by Friends game states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 5.182.97.236:28015.

How to join

How do I join Friends game?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.182.97.236:28015; 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 mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp500
Max players 500 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.
cs166652
Build The game build is 166652.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.