A Rust Server
Offline 159.196.216.2:20001 checked 21d 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 71% 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.
- wipe-day peak
- 0players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
7 OCT 2026Wed 7 Oct, 03:24 UTC21d ago |
0 | – | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Rules and settings
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on A Rust Server?
The name of A Rust Server does not state a gather rate. 8 players per group is the default limit. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on A Rust Server?
A Rust Server runs a procedural map, which the game generates.
Tags
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry A Rust Server?
These lists on Rust Server Index take A Rust Server: 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.
Which tags are attached to A Rust Server, and what do they stand for?
These are the tags A Rust Server publishes; the game's server browser reads this list: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): Build on file: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe dates
What happens on wipe day at A Rust Server?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 0 players. The latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
How often is A Rust Server wiped, and on what schedule?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of A Rust Server's wipes. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now was made 21 days 10 hours.
Population
How is A Rust Server ranked compared with the rest?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places A Rust Server at #15,961, among the top 71% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on A Rust Server look like?
At present A Rust Server is offline; its last sighting was 21 days 9 hours ago.
Server details
What Rust version is A Rust Server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652, on Linux, is what A Rust Server runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is A Rust Server, and is it online now?
As of now A Rust Server is offline, with its last appearance 21 days 9 hours ago. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. On 1 October 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
What is the location of A Rust Server?
No region is published by A Rust Server. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 159.196.216.2:20001.
Connecting
How can you connect to A Rust Server?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 159.196.216.2:20001 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2634
cs166652
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.