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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,858habitat unknownfirst seen 17 Sep 2026

gamerkats hangout

Offline 83.104.238.86:28015 checked 26d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 10
= 1 player
10% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,858
top 60%
Last wipe
26d 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 Sep27 Sep1 Oct4 Oct8 Oct

Top 60% 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.

0.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
40%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctThu 1 OctWed 30 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:53 UTC FW27d ago 1 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 08:08 UTC27d ago 2 – 0.4 days 1
Wed 30 Sep, 19:01 UTC28d ago 2 – 0.5 days 0
Thu 24 Sep, 16:33 UTC34d ago 1 – 6.1 days 0
Wed 23 Sep, 17:52 UTC35d ago 1 – 0.9 days 1
Tue 22 Sep, 20:28 UTC35d ago 1 – 0.9 days 2

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 gamerkats hangout rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #13,858 for player hours, which puts gamerkats hangout in the top 60% of all ranked servers.

How busy is gamerkats hangout?

At this count gamerkats hangout is offline, with its last sighting 26 days 19 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on gamerkats hangout mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags gamerkats hangout publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166494 (Build): Game build: 166494; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $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 gamerkats hangout?

gamerkats hangout appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on gamerkats hangout?

Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on gamerkats hangout?

There is no next wipe to predict: gamerkats hangout 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. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 20 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does gamerkats hangout run?

The map on gamerkats hangout is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on gamerkats hangout?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: gamerkats hangout 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. 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 gamerkats hangout run?

On Windows, gamerkats hangout runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is gamerkats hangout online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, gamerkats hangout was last seen 26 days 19 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 17 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is gamerkats hangout located?

A region is not published by gamerkats hangout. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 83.104.238.86:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join gamerkats hangout?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 83.104.238.86:28015. 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?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp10
Max players You can join up to 10 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166494
Build Game build: 166494.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$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.