Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 76,262 players 11,757 servers 3,727 with someone on 140 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,789habitat unknownfirst seen 25 Sep 2026

rust

Offline 83.245.255.160:28015 checked 31d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,789
top 72%
Last wipe
32d 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
15k10k15k20k25 Sep27 Sep28 Sep30 Sep1 Oct3 Oct

Top 72% 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 rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, rust places at #16,789, within the top 72% of ranked servers.

How busy is rust?

We have no live count for rust right now. It was last seen 31 days 21 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on rust mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags rust publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; 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 rust?

On Rust Population, rust is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on rust?

Too few wipes are on record for rust 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 32 days 23 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does rust run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on rust.

What are the rules and settings on rust?

No gather rate appears in the name of rust. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does rust run?

On Windows, rust runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is rust online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, rust was last seen 31 days 21 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. On 25 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is rust located?

A region is not published by rust. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 83.245.255.160:28015 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join rust?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 83.245.255.160:28015. 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?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players 10 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2633
Protocol The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs165217
Build The game build is 165217.
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.