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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,318habitat unknownfirst seen 9 Oct 2026

Rust Dedicated Server

Offline 83.198.125.254:28015 checked 5d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,318
top 69%
Last wipe
19d 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
15k10k15k20k9 Oct13 Oct17 Oct21 Oct25 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% 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 Rust Dedicated Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust Dedicated Server at #15,318, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Dedicated Server?

At this count Rust Dedicated Server is offline, with its last sighting 5 days 22 hours ago. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust Dedicated Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rust Dedicated Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167398 (Build): This server runs game build 167398; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Rust Dedicated Server?

Rust Dedicated Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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 is the wipe schedule on Rust Dedicated Server?

The record holds too few of Rust Dedicated Server's wipes to show a rhythm. 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 17 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Dedicated Server run?

The map on Rust Dedicated Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Dedicated Server?

Nothing in Rust Dedicated Server's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust Dedicated Server run?

On Windows, Rust Dedicated Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Rust Dedicated Server online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Rust Dedicated Server was last seen 5 days 22 hours ago. It was up 1% of the time over the last 7 full days, 2 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 9 October 2026.

Where is Rust Dedicated Server located?

A region is not published by Rust Dedicated Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 83.198.125.254:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Rust Dedicated Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 83.198.125.254:28015; 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp5
Max players 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs167398
Build This server runs game build 167398.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.