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Simple Rust Server

Online 159.118.243.180:28015 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 23 slots 0% full −4−100%against this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 4
Rank#5,774top 26%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe1d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no wipe seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0123412:0020:0005:0013:0023:0007:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 12:07 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
05010015020012:0020:0005:0013:0023:0007:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 12:07 UTCWIPE

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 27 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 26% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Simple Rust Server?

You'll find Simple Rust Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

What do the server tags on Simple Rust Server mean?

For the server browser, Simple Rust Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp23 (Max players): There are 23 slots; 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): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Simple Rust Server at #5,774, in the top 26% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Simple Rust Server right now?

The current tally at Simple Rust Server: 0 players across 23 slots. Peak for the week was 4, against an average of 1 players. Look at 05:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 4 players on average.

Server details

Is Simple Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

Simple Rust Server is live at the moment. About 32 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Over the last 1 full day it was up 96% of the time, 23 of 24 hours. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 27 October 2026.

Does Simple Rust Server run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 126 server fps, with a low of 105. The world carried as many as 100,397 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 3,165 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Simple Rust Server located?

No region is published by Simple Rust 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 159.118.243.180:28015.

Which Rust version is Simple Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Simple Rust Server runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What is the wipe schedule on Simple Rust Server?

Simple Rust 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. Its current world has been live for 44 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does Simple Rust Server run?

The procedural map on Simple Rust Server measures 4,200 and comes from the game with seed 987654321. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on Simple Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Simple Rust Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. It appears under Community in the browser. Vanilla is what it calls itself: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Simple Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 159.118.243.180:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp23,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^v,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp23
Max players There are 23 slots.
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 It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it.

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.