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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,847habitat unknownfirst seen 28 Oct 2026

EV LAB

Offline 79.127.149.181:28015 checked 17h ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 5
= 1 player
20% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#7,847
top 35%
Last wipe
1d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75101:0003:0005:0006:0008:0010:00

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
12k4k6k8k28 Oct29 Oct

Top 35% 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 EV LAB rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #7,847 for player hours, which puts EV LAB in the top 35% of all ranked servers.

How busy is EV LAB?

At this count EV LAB is offline, with its last sighting 17 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 1. Look at the last 48 hours and 01:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on EV LAB mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags EV LAB publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): You can join up to 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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 EV LAB?

On Rust Population, EV LAB is filed under these lists: 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; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on EV LAB?

Too few wipes are on record for EV LAB 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 33 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does EV LAB run?

The map on EV LAB is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on EV LAB?

No gather rate appears in the name of EV LAB. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.

About the server

Which version of Rust does EV LAB run?

On Windows, EV LAB runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is EV LAB online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw EV LAB 17 hours ago, and it is offline now. On 28 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is EV LAB located?

A region is not published by EV LAB. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 79.127.149.181:28015.

Getting in

How do I join EV LAB?

Either enter client.connect 79.127.149.181:28015 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players You can join up to 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.