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A Simple Rust Server

Offline 5.173.186.21:28015 checked 8d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 2 slots 50% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#13,159top 59%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe12d 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. 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
15k10k15k20k20 Oct22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct28 Oct

Top 59% 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 A Simple Rust Server?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include A Simple Rust Server: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on A Simple Rust Server mean?

These are the tags A Simple Rust Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp2 (Max players): There are 2 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; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does A Simple Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place A Simple Rust Server at #13,159, in the top 59% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on A Simple Rust Server right now?

A Simple Rust Server went quiet 8 days 14 hours ago and is offline at the moment.

Server facts

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

The server A Simple Rust Server is not online now; 8 days 14 hours have passed since it was last seen. 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 20 October 2026.

Where is A Simple Rust Server located?

No region is published by A 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 5.173.186.21:28015.

Which Rust version is A Simple Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version A Simple Rust Server runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

The wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on A Simple Rust Server?

The record of A Simple 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. The world it is running now dates from 12 days 9 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does A Simple Rust Server run?

A Simple Rust Server uses a procedural map, which the game generates.

What are the rules and settings on A Simple Rust Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of A Simple Rust Server. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join A Simple Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 5.173.186.21:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp2
Max players There are 2 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.
cs167781
Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

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.