Lab
Offline 188.186.27.91:28015 checked 5d 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 69% 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct, 09:32 UTC5d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 23:09 UTC6d ago | 0 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Sat 17 Oct, 12:48 UTC11d ago | 1 | – | 5.4 days | 0 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 03:12 UTC20d ago | 0 | – | 9.4 days | 0 |
| Tue 6 Oct, 23:09 UTC22d ago | 0 | – | 1.2 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Lab?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Lab: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on Lab mean?
These are the tags Lab publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): Slots: 5; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^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. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does Lab rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,349 puts Lab in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Lab right now?
Offline now, Lab was last spotted 5 days 13 hours ago. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
Server details
Is Lab online, and how reliable is it?
Lab shows as offline, last spotted 5 days 13 hours ago. It was up 4% of the time over the last 7 full days, 7 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 6 October 2026.
Where is Lab located?
There is no region from Lab. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 188.186.27.91:28015.
Which Rust version is Lab on?
On Windows, Lab runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Lab when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
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. 5 days 14 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and 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. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join Lab?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 188.186.27.91:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.