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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,857habitat unknownfirst seen 15 Sep 2026

A Simple Rust Server

Offline 78.166.249.2:28015 checked 19d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 1
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,857
top 72%
Last wipe
19d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep24 Sep28 Sep1 Oct12 Oct16 Oct

Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1.6 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 9 OctThu 24 SepTue 22 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 9 Oct, 07:22 UTC19d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 24 Sep, 12:19 UTC34d ago 1 – 14.8 days 1
Tue 22 Sep, 09:49 UTC36d ago 1 held half 2.1 days 1
Mon 21 Sep, 08:56 UTC37d ago 1 – 1 days 0
Sun 20 Sep, 12:19 UTC38d ago 1 – 0.9 days 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does A Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, A Simple Rust Server places at #15,857, within the top 72% of ranked servers.

How busy is A Simple Rust Server?

We have no live count for A Simple Rust Server right now. It was last seen 19 days 21 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on A Simple Rust Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from A Simple Rust Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165585 (Build): Game build: 165585; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include A Simple Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include A Simple Rust 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 schedule

What does wipe day look like on A Simple Rust Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on A Simple Rust Server?

No next wipe can be predicted for A Simple Rust Server, which wipes at irregular times. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 19 days 21 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does A Simple Rust Server run?

A Simple Rust Server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on A Simple Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: A Simple Rust Server states none. 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. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does A Simple Rust Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165585 on Windows for A Simple Rust Server. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is A Simple Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, A Simple Rust Server was last seen 19 days 21 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 15 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is A Simple Rust Server located?

A region is not published by A Simple Rust Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 78.166.249.2:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 78.166.249.2:28015; 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165585,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp1
Max players 1 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs165585
Build Game build: 165585.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.