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Specimen recordcat. no. 12,445habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Oct 2026

gandon

Offline 88.220.98.163:28085 checked 3d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
1/ 6
= 1 player
17% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#12,445
top 56%
Last wipe
3d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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
15k10k15k20k24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 56% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

No hourly players around its wipes yet.

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
Sun 25 Oct, 10:59 UTC3d ago 1 – running 1

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 gandon rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, gandon places at #12,445, within the top 56% of ranked servers.

How busy is gandon?

At this count gandon is offline, with its last sighting 3 days 18 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 1.

Tags

What do the server tags on gandon mean?

These are the tags gandon publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp6 (Max players): The server has 6 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded. 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 gandon?

gandon appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on gandon?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on gandon?

The record holds too few of gandon'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 3 days 18 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

What are the rules and settings on gandon?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: gandon states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does gandon run?

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

Is gandon online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, gandon was last seen 3 days 18 hours ago. Over the last 4 full days, 1 of 96 hours were online, or 1%. On 24 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is gandon located?

No region is published by gandon. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 88.220.98.163:28085 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join gandon?

Either enter client.connect 88.220.98.163:28085 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 mp6,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp6
Max players The server has 6 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

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.