The Squad Server
Online 142.181.123.46:28015 checked 10m ago
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 33% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
28 OCT 2026Wed 28 Oct, 04:14 UTC1d ago |
– | – | running | 2 |
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings and rules does The Squad Server run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of The Squad Server. The default group limit of 8 players applies. The server runs survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
What is the map on The Squad Server?
The Squad Server runs a procedural map, which the game generates.
Tags
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is The Squad Server filed under?
The Rust Server Index lists that include The Squad Server are Community Rust servers, indexed. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
What is meant by the tags on The Squad Server?
Filed under these tags, as published by The Squad Server and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp100 (Max players): Player cap: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe schedule
When does The Squad Server wipe?
The Squad Server's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. Its present world dates from 38 hours.
Player counts
How is The Squad Server ranked compared with the rest?
Filed under rankings: #7,444 for The Squad Server on seven-day player hours, top 33% overall.
Is The Squad Server quiet or crowded?
Filed under live counts: The Squad Server, 1 players on 100 slots at present. Filed under seven-day figures: an average of 1 players and a peak of 2. Filed under busiest hour: 05:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, averaging 2 players.
Operator and status
What version does The Squad Server use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Windows, is what The Squad Server runs. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is The Squad Server, and is it online now?
The server is live at this moment: The Squad Server. Of the last 1 full day, 6 of 24 hours were up, 25% of the time. On 27 October 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Where in the world is The Squad Server hosted?
No region is published by The Squad Server. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 142.181.123.46:28015.
Joining the server
How can you connect to The Squad Server?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 142.181.123.46:28015. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
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.