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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,397habitat unknownfirst seen 28 Sep 2026

Rusty's Lab

Offline 96.49.168.179:28015 checked 16d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,397
top 70%
Last wipe
24d 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
15k10k15k20k28 Sep2 Oct6 Oct11 Oct15 Oct19 Oct

Top 70% 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.

2.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 5 OctFri 2 Oct
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
Mon 5 Oct, 00:44 UTC24d ago 1 – running 0
Fri 2 Oct, 21:57 UTC26d ago 1 held half 2.1 days 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 Rusty's Lab rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,397 for player hours, which puts Rusty's Lab in the top 70% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Rusty's Lab?

Rusty's Lab is offline at this count; we last saw it 16 days 22 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rusty's Lab mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Rusty's Lab publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 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): This server runs game build 166652; 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 Rusty's Lab?

On Rust Population, Rusty's Lab 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 schedule

What does wipe day look like on Rusty's Lab?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on Rusty's Lab?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Rusty's Lab's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 24 days 2 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Rusty's Lab run?

Rusty's Lab uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Rusty's Lab?

Nothing in Rusty's Lab's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rusty's Lab run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux is what Rusty's Lab uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Rusty's Lab online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Rusty's Lab 16 days 22 hours ago, and it is offline now. 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 28 September 2026.

Where is Rusty's Lab located?

Nothing published by Rusty's Lab states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 96.49.168.179:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Rusty's Lab?

Either enter client.connect 96.49.168.179:28015 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?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp10
Max players You can join up to 10 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 This server runs game build 166652.
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.