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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,778habitat unknownfirst seen 5 Oct 2026

first_server

Offline 94.25.228.162:28015 checked 22d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 500
= 1 player
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,778
top 61%
Last wipe
22d 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
15k10k15k20k5 Oct7 Oct8 Oct10 Oct11 Oct13 Oct

Top 61% 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 first_server rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #13,778 for player hours, which puts first_server in the top 61% of all ranked servers.

How busy is first_server?

first_server is offline at this count; we last saw it 22 days 3 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on first_server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags first_server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp500 (Max players): You can join up to 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; 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 first_server?

first_server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on first_server?

Too few wipes are on record for first_server to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 22 days 9 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does first_server run?

The map on first_server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on first_server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: first_server states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is not running.

Server details

Which version of Rust does first_server run?

On Windows, first_server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is first_server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, first_server was last seen 22 days 3 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 5 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is first_server located?

No region is published by first_server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 94.25.228.162:28015.

How to join

How do I join first_server?

Either enter client.connect 94.25.228.162:28015 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 mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp500
Max players You can join up to 500 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs166652
Build Game build: 166652.
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.