Idle Server
Offline 72.197.26.248:28015 checked 26d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:33 UTC FW26d ago | 0 | – | 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Idle Server rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Idle Server places at #16,019, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is Idle Server?
At this count Idle Server is offline, with its last sighting 26 days 1 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Idle Server mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Idle Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): This server runs game build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Idle Server?
These Rust Population lists include Idle Server: 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.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Idle Server?
Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Idle Server?
Idle Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 26 days 1 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does Idle Server run?
Idle Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Idle Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Idle Server. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Idle Server run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what Idle Server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Idle Server online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, Idle Server was last seen 26 days 1 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 20 September 2026.
Where is Idle Server located?
Nothing published by Idle Server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 72.197.26.248:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Idle Server?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 72.197.26.248:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.