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A Rust Server

Offline 217.45.85.24:28016 checked 17d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,855top 72%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no wipe seen yet
The rise

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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 3 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
15k10k15k20k3 Oct6 Oct9 Oct12 Oct15 Oct18 Oct

Top 72% 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 same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

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

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include A Rust Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

For the server browser, A Rust Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp40 (Max players): It has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167398 (Build): It's on game build 167398; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. 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?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,855 puts A Rust Server in the top 72% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

Offline now, A Rust Server was last spotted 17 days 4 hours ago.

Server details

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

Down at the moment: A Rust Server was last seen 17 days 4 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 3 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 217.45.85.24:28016.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 is the version A Rust Server runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

The record of A Rust Server's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 26 days 5 hours.

The rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

The procedural map on A Rust Server measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 31833. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name of A Rust Server says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join A Rust Server?

Enter client.connect 217.45.85.24:28016 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp40
Max players It has 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2634
Protocol The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join.
cs167398
Build It's on game build 167398.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

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.