Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 33,162 players 11,622 servers 2,812 with someone on 74 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
‹ All serversspecimen record
Specimen recordcat. no. 16,839habitat unknownfirst seen 30 Sep 2026

Josh server

Offline 76.24.73.163:28015 checked 29d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 500
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,839
top 70%
Last wipe
29d 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
15k10k15k20k30 Sep1 Oct2 Oct4 Oct5 Oct6 Oct

Top 70% 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 Josh server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Josh server at #16,839, within the top 70% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Josh server?

Josh server is offline at this count; we last saw it 29 days 5 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Josh server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Josh server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): 500 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 Josh server?

Josh server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Josh server?

Too few wipes are on record for Josh server 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 29 days 5 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Josh server run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Josh server.

What are the rules and settings on Josh server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Josh server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Josh server run?

On Windows, Josh server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Josh server online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Josh server was last seen 29 days 5 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 30 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Josh server located?

Nothing published by Josh server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 76.24.73.163:28015.

How to join

How do I join Josh server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 76.24.73.163:28015. 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 mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp500
Max players 500 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs165217
Build The game build is 165217.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.