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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,326habitat unknownfirst seen 27 Oct 2026

Viper

Offline 79.177.131.109:28015 checked 1d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#14,326
top 64%
Last wipe
1d 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
15k10k15k20k27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 64% 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 Viper rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Viper places at #14,326, within the top 64% of ranked servers.

How busy is Viper?

Viper is offline at this count; we last saw it 45 hours ago. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest. Look at the last 48 hours and 16:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Viper mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Viper publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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 Viper?

On Rust Population, Viper 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 Viper?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Viper's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 45 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Viper run?

The map on Viper is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Viper?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Viper states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Viper run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Viper uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Viper online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Viper was last seen 45 hours ago. The last 1 full day gave 0% uptime, with 0 of 24 hours recorded as up. It was first seen by Rust Population on 27 October 2026.

Where is Viper located?

A region is not published by Viper. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 79.177.131.109:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Viper?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 79.177.131.109:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp10
Max players You can join up to 10 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$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.