Private Friends Server
Offline 74.196.65.246:28015 checked 33d 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 60% 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Private Friends Server?
You'll find Private Friends Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Private Friends Server mean?
These are the tags Private Friends Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp0 (Max players): There are 0 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2633 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Private Friends Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Private Friends Server at #13,593, in the top 60% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Private Friends Server right now?
Private Friends Server went quiet 33 days 22 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
About the server
Is Private Friends Server online, and how reliable is it?
Private Friends Server shows as offline, last spotted 33 days 22 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 22 September 2026.
Where is Private Friends Server located?
There is no region from Private Friends 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 74.196.65.246:28015.
Which Rust version is Private Friends Server on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version Private Friends Server runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Private Friends Server?
Too few wipes are on record for Private Friends Server to reveal its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 44 days 4 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Private Friends Server run?
The map on Private Friends Server is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Private Friends Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Private Friends Server. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join Private Friends Server?
Enter client.connect 74.196.65.246:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.