Lab
Offline 188.186.17.80:28015 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
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 08:58 UTC23d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 20:54 UTC24d ago | 1 | – | 0.5 days | 0 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 03:55 UTC24d ago | 1 | – | 0.7 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 17:13 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 03:46 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | 0.6 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:50 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | 1.3 days | 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 Lab?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Lab: 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 Lab mean?
For the server browser, Lab lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp5 (Max players): It has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Lab rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Lab at #15,983, within the top 71% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Lab right now?
Lab went quiet 23 days 15 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server details
Is Lab online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Lab was last seen 23 days 15 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 25 September 2026.
Where is Lab located?
There is no region from Lab. 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 188.186.17.80:28015.
Which Rust version is Lab on?
On Windows, Lab runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on Lab when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Lab?
There is no next wipe to predict on Lab, because wipes come at irregular times. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 23 days 15 hours.
The rules
Which map does Lab run?
A procedural map is what Lab runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Lab?
The name of Lab says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join Lab?
Enter client.connect 188.186.17.80:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.