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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,339habitat unknownfirst seen 28 Oct 2026

SETTLEGROUND

Offline 5.61.157.204:28015 checked 4h ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,339
top 69%
Last wipe
10h ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0123421:0022:0023:0001:0002:0003:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 21:12 UTCWIPE

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
15k10k15k20k28 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% 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 SETTLEGROUND rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, SETTLEGROUND places at #15,339, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is SETTLEGROUND?

We have no live count for SETTLEGROUND right now. It was last seen 4 hours ago. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on SETTLEGROUND mean?

What the game's server browser reads from SETTLEGROUND is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; 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): The game build is 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 SETTLEGROUND?

SETTLEGROUND appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on SETTLEGROUND?

The record holds too few of SETTLEGROUND'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 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does SETTLEGROUND run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on SETTLEGROUND.

What are the rules and settings on SETTLEGROUND?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: SETTLEGROUND states none. 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. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. 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 SETTLEGROUND run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what SETTLEGROUND uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is SETTLEGROUND online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, SETTLEGROUND was last seen 4 hours ago. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 28 October 2026.

Where is SETTLEGROUND located?

Nothing published by SETTLEGROUND 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 5.61.157.204:28015.

Getting in

How do I join SETTLEGROUND?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.61.157.204:28015; 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
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 The game build is 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.