balamut
Offline 85.173.126.204:28015 checked 27d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does balamut rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place balamut at #16,275, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is balamut?
At this count balamut is offline, with its last sighting 27 days 8 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on balamut mean?
What the game's server browser reads from balamut is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs165217 (Build): Game build: 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 balamut?
These Rust Population lists include balamut: 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 balamut?
Too few wipes are on record for balamut 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 27 days 8 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does balamut run?
The map on balamut is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on balamut?
Nothing in balamut's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
Which version of Rust does balamut run?
On Windows, balamut runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is balamut online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, balamut was last seen 27 days 8 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 1 October 2026.
Where is balamut located?
Nothing published by balamut states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 85.173.126.204:28015.
How to join
How do I join balamut?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 85.173.126.204:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.