A Rust Server
Online 86.174.131.251:28016 checked 12m 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, measured since 24 Oct. 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
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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include A Rust Server?
You'll find A Rust Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up 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): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; 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. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place A Rust Server at #15,437, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on A Rust Server right now?
The current tally at A Rust Server: 0 players across 40 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
About the server
Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, A Rust Server is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 11 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 3 full days, 72 of 72 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 24 October 2026.
Does A Rust Server run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 163, and it never went below 42. The world carried as many as 51,063 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 1,786 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
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. You'll find it at 86.174.131.251:28016.
Which Rust version is A Rust Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 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. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 26 days 14 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
Which map does A Rust Server run?
Generated by the game with seed 31833, the map on A Rust Server is procedural and 3,000 in size. 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. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join A Rust Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 86.174.131.251:28016. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.