The Rust Server
Offline 202.189.16.197:28246 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, measured since 25 Sep. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
25 SEP 2026Fri 25 Sep, 12:34 UTC34d ago |
0 | – | running | 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.
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 The Rust Server, which rules and settings apply?
The name of The Rust Server does not state a gather rate. 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. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on The Rust Server?
The Rust Server runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 966264843, generated by the game. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is The Rust Server filed under?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is The Rust Server: Community Rust servers, indexed. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags listed for The Rust Server?
Filed under these tags, as published by The Rust Server and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp40 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 40; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2633 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): Build on file: 165217; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipe dates
What happens on wipe day at The Rust Server?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 0 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How often is The Rust Server wiped, and on what schedule?
The Rust Server's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its present world dates from 34 days 6 hours.
Population
Where does The Rust Server sit in the rankings?
Filed under rankings: #16,320 for The Rust Server on seven-day player hours, top 71% overall.
Is The Rust Server quiet or crowded?
Filed under offline: The Rust Server, last seen 34 days 6 hours ago.
Operator and status
What version does The Rust Server use?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux is what you will find on The Rust Server. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
What is the uptime and current status of The Rust Server?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of The Rust Server was 34 days 6 hours ago. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 25 September 2026.
Which region is The Rust Server in?
There is no region on record for The Rust Server; it publishes none. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. Connection details: 202.189.16.197:28246.
How to join
What steps lead onto The Rust Server?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 202.189.16.197:28246. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you. https://minekuai.com is where its website lives.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp40
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.