Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 89,789 players 11,881 servers 4,026 with someone on 158 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,034habitat unknownfirst seen 23 Oct 2026

Rust LAN

Online 81.57.78.231:28015 checked 12m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#14,034
top 63%
Last wipe
3d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123421:0006:0015:0000:0009:0018:00

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
15k10k15k20k23 Oct24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct

Top 63% 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 Rust LAN rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #14,034 for player hours, which puts Rust LAN in the top 63% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust LAN?

Rust LAN holds 0 players at the moment, out of 5 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust LAN mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust LAN is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 Rust LAN?

These Rust Population lists include Rust LAN: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Rust LAN?

Too few wipes are on record for Rust LAN 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. 3 days 23 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust LAN run?

Rust LAN uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Rust LAN?

Nothing in Rust LAN's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust LAN run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Rust LAN uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Rust LAN online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Rust LAN online now. It was up 100% of the time over the last 3 full days, 72 out of 72 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 23 October 2026.

Where is Rust LAN located?

Nothing published by Rust LAN states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 81.57.78.231:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Rust LAN?

Either enter client.connect 81.57.78.231:28015 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 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.