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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,593habitat unknownfirst seen 22 Sep 2026

Private Friends Server

Offline 74.196.65.246:28015 checked 34d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
1/ ?
= 1 player
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,593
top 60%
Last wipe
44d 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
15k10k15k20k22 Sep24 Sep26 Sep27 Sep29 Sep1 Oct

Top 60% 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 Private Friends Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Private Friends Server places at #13,593, within the top 60% of ranked servers.

How busy is Private Friends Server?

Private Friends Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 34 days 3 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Private Friends Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Private Friends Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp0 (Max players): The server has 0 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server. 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 Private Friends Server?

On Rust Population, Private Friends Server is filed under these lists: 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 schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Private Friends Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Private Friends Server to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 44 days 8 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Private Friends Server run?

Private Friends Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Private Friends Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Private Friends Server states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Private Friends Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows for Private Friends Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Private Friends Server online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Private Friends Server was last seen 34 days 3 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 22 September 2026.

Where is Private Friends Server located?

Nothing published by Private Friends Server states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 74.196.65.246:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Private Friends Server?

Either enter client.connect 74.196.65.246:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp0
Max players The server has 0 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs165217
Build The game build is 165217.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

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.