Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 91,721 players 11,904 servers 4,063 with someone on 167 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,321habitat unknownfirst seen 5 Oct 2026

ARK x Rust

Offline 72.199.44.53:28015 checked 21d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
1/ 8
= 1 player
12% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,321
top 68%
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 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 ARK x Rust rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, ARK x Rust places at #15,321, within the top 68% of ranked servers.

How busy is ARK x Rust?

We have no live count for ARK x Rust right now. It was last seen 21 days 23 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on ARK x Rust mean?

These are the tags ARK x Rust publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp8 (Max players): You can join up to 8 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. 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 ARK x Rust?

These Rust Population lists include ARK x Rust: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on ARK x Rust?

Too few wipes are on record for ARK x Rust 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. Counted from 22 days ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does ARK x Rust run?

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

What are the rules and settings on ARK x Rust?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: ARK x 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. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Carbon plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does ARK x Rust run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows for ARK x Rust. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is ARK x Rust online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, ARK x Rust was last seen 21 days 23 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 5 October 2026.

Where is ARK x Rust located?

A region is not published by ARK x Rust. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 72.199.44.53:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join ARK x Rust?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 72.199.44.53:28015. 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 mp8,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp8
Max players You can join up to 8 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166652
Build The game build is 166652.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.

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.