Idle Server
Offline 72.197.26.248:28015 checked 25d 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 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 23h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 0players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- in 8d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 36d 23hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 21:33 UTC FW25d 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.
Map and rules
What settings and rules does Idle Server run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Idle Server. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. The server runs survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. Filed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
What is the map on Idle Server?
Generated by the game, the map is procedural on Idle Server.
Lists and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Idle Server?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Idle 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 Idle Server, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by Idle Server and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp10 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 10; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): The game build here is 166494; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipes and resets
How does a wipe day run on Idle Server?
Its recent wipes averaged 0 players at peak. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
Which wipe timetable does Idle Server follow?
One wipe a month is all Idle Server runs, and it comes with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, taken by every Rust server. The world it runs now was made 25 days 21 hours.
Player counts
How is Idle Server ranked compared with the rest?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Idle Server at #16,019, among the top 69% of ranked servers.
Is Idle Server quiet or crowded?
Filed under offline: Idle Server, last seen 25 days 21 hours ago.
Operator and status
What Rust version is Idle Server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494, on Windows, is what Idle Server runs. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the uptime and current status of Idle Server?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of Idle Server was 25 days 21 hours ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours out of 168. On 20 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Where in the world is Idle Server hosted?
There is no region on record for Idle Server; it publishes none. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. You will reach it at 72.197.26.248:28015.
Connecting
How can you connect to Idle Server?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 72.197.26.248:28015 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp10
ts8
v2634
cs166494
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.