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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,795polfirst seen 1 Oct 2026

sss

Offline 51.68.166.103:28015 checked 13h ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 5
= 1 player
20% full
7-day average
1
peak 2
Rank
#7,795
top 35%
Last wipe
32d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75115:0016:00

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
15k10k15k20k1 Oct4 Oct8 Oct22 Oct26 Oct29 Oct

Top 35% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

No hourly players around its wipes yet.

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 20:07 UTC25d ago – – running 1

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

Population

How does sss rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, sss places at #7,795, within the top 35% of ranked servers.

How busy is sss?

At this count sss is offline, with its last sighting 13 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 2. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 15:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on sss mean?

These are the tags sss publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs169536 (Build): The game build is 169536; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $rpol (Region code): You will find pol as the region code. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include sss?

These Rust Population lists include sss: 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 sss?

The record holds too few of sss'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. 32 days 18 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does sss run?

sss uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on sss?

No gather rate appears in the name of sss. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.

Server details

Which version of Rust does sss run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 169536 on Windows is what sss uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is sss online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, sss was last seen 13 hours ago. It was up 7% of the time over the last 7 full days, 12 out of 168 hours. On 1 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is sss located?

The region code is pol, and sss publishes no region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 51.68.166.103:28015.

How to join

How do I join sss?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 51.68.166.103:28015. 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 mp5,ptrak,$rpol,v2635,gmrust,cs169536,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp5
Max players 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs169536
Build The game build is 169536.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$rpol
Region code You will find pol as the region code.

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.