The Squad Server
Offline 142.181.123.46:28015 checked 19h ago
Vital stats
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Squad Server?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The Squad Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
What do the server tags on The Squad Server mean?
For the server browser, The Squad Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Squad Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Squad Server at #7,445, in the top 33% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Squad Server right now?
The Squad Server went quiet 19 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 2. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 05:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
About the server
Is The Squad Server online, and how reliable is it?
The server The Squad Server is not online now; 19 hours have passed since it was last seen. Over the last 1 full day it was up 25% of the time, 6 of 24 hours. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 27 October 2026.
Where is The Squad Server located?
There is no region from The Squad Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 142.181.123.46:28015.
Which Rust version is The Squad Server on?
On Windows, The Squad Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on The Squad Server?
The Squad Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 36 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does The Squad Server run?
A procedural map is what The Squad Server runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on The Squad Server?
The name of The Squad Server says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Community is its listing in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join The Squad Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 142.181.123.46:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.