Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 8,398habitat unknownfirst seen 21 Sep 2026

Rust server

Offline 89.249.128.198:28015 checked 2d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 10
= 1 player
10% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#8,398
top 38%
Last wipe
26d 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
15k10k15k20k21 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 38% 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

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 03:03 UTC26d ago 1 – running 0

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 server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #8,398 for player hours, which puts Rust server in the top 38% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rust server?

At this count Rust server is offline, with its last sighting 2 days 20 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 1.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Rust server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rust server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 server?

On Rust Population, Rust server is filed under these lists: 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 does wipe day look like on Rust server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust server?

The record holds too few of Rust server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 6 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Rust server run?

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

What are the rules and settings on Rust server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust server. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, 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. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust server run?

On Windows, Rust server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Rust server online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Rust server 2 days 20 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 5% of the time over the last 7 full days, 8 out of 168 hours. On 21 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Rust server located?

A region is not published by Rust server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 89.249.128.198:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Rust server?

Either enter client.connect 89.249.128.198:28015 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players 10 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.