Server For Friends
Offline 178.126.213.238:28015 checked 34d 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 68% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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
On Server For Friends, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name Server For Friends. 8 players per group is the default limit. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. It is listed under Community in the server browser and is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
Which map is in use on Server For Friends?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Server For Friends runs.
Lists and filters
Where does Server For Friends appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Server For Friends: Community Rust servers, indexed. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags are attached to Server For Friends, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by Server For Friends and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp5 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 5; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2633 to connect; cs165217 (Build): Build on file: 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipe dates
How often is Server For Friends wiped, and on what schedule?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of Server For Friends's wipes. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 36 days 10 hours is when its current world was made.
Population
Where does Server For Friends sit in the rankings?
Filed under rankings: #15,221 for Server For Friends on seven-day player hours, top 68% overall.
How many players are on Server For Friends at the moment?
At present Server For Friends is offline; its last sighting was 34 days 10 hours ago.
Operator and status
What version does Server For Friends use?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217, on Windows, is what Server For Friends runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is Server For Friends, and is it online now?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of Server For Friends was 34 days 10 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were up, 0% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 24 September 2026.
What is the location of Server For Friends?
There is no region on record for Server For Friends; it publishes none. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. You will reach it at 178.126.213.238:28015.
Joining the server
What is the way onto Server For Friends?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.126.213.238:28015. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp5
ts8
v2633
cs165217
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.