A Rust Server
Offline 185.179.202.196:28018 checked 23d 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 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 6 Oct, 06:56 UTC23d 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include A Rust Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include A Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?
These are the tags A Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): It has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): It's on game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place A Rust Server at #15,949, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on A Rust Server right now?
A Rust Server went quiet 23 days 11 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server details
Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: A Rust Server was last seen 23 days 11 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 2 October 2026.
Where is A Rust Server located?
There is no region from A Rust Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 185.179.202.196:28018.
Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version A Rust Server runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on A Rust Server when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?
A 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. 23 days 11 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does A Rust Server run?
A Rust Server uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on A Rust Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
How to join
How do I join A Rust Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 185.179.202.196:28018. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.