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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,268habitat unknownfirst seen 21 Oct 2026

Michael Rust

Offline 62.178.105.136:28015 checked 1d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 20
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,268
top 68%
Last wipe
7d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0002:0006:0009:0013:0017:00

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
15k10k15k20k21 Oct23 Oct24 Oct26 Oct27 Oct29 Oct

Top 68% 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

Population

How does Michael Rust rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,268 for player hours, which puts Michael Rust in the top 68% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Michael Rust?

Michael Rust is offline at this count; we last saw it 28 hours ago. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on Michael Rust mean?

These are the tags Michael Rust publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp20 (Max players): You can join up to 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Michael Rust?

These Rust Population lists include Michael Rust: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Michael Rust?

The record holds too few of Michael Rust's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 7 days 23 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Michael Rust run?

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

What are the rules and settings on Michael Rust?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Michael Rust states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Michael Rust run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Michael Rust uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Michael Rust online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Michael Rust was last seen 28 hours ago. It was up 20% of the time over the last 7 full days, 34 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 21 October 2026.

Where is Michael Rust located?

A region is not published by Michael Rust. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 62.178.105.136:28015.

How to join

How do I join Michael Rust?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 62.178.105.136:28015; 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 mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp20
Max players You can join up to 20 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no 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.