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A Rust Server

Offline 79.115.21.127:28015 checked 26d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 5 slots 0% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,973top 70%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe7d 5hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
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
15k10k15k20k25 Sep28 Sep1 Oct4 Oct7 Oct10 Oct

Top 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 5hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 5hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 31 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:30 UTC FW27d ago 0 – running 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

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

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include A Rust Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from A Rust Server: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp5 (Max players): It has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs166586 (Build): Game build: 166586; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. 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?

Player hours over the last week rank A Rust Server at #15,973, within the top 70% of ranked servers.

How many players are on A Rust Server right now?

A Rust Server went quiet 26 days 8 hours ago and is offline at the moment.

About the server

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

The server A Rust Server is not online now; 26 days 8 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 25 September 2026.

Where is A Rust Server located?

No region is published by A Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 79.115.21.127:28015.

Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?

On Linux, A Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

What happens on A Rust Server when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 31 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?

Wipes on A Rust Server come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 19 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does A Rust Server run?

A procedural map is what A Rust Server runs, generated by the game.

What are the rules and settings on A Rust Server?

The name of A Rust Server says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join A Rust Server?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 79.115.21.127:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^v,gmvanilla,cs166586,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp5
Max players It has 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2634
Protocol The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join.
cs166586
Build Game build: 166586.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.