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nameserver

178.177.238.242:28015 checked 10d ago

Release date
Next release
In five minutes (11:50 UTC)
Source
Live server queries
Server address
178.177.238.242:28015
First recorded
19 October 2026

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1. Main points

Players now

1/ 15

7% full

7-day average

0

peak –

Rank

#13,042

top 59%

Last wipe

13d ago

no schedule published

Next wipe

–

no wipe seen yet

Main points

  • The server is offline; at its last check there were 1 players on it, 7% of its 15 slots.
  • It ranks #13,042 of all ranked servers, the top 59%, on player hours over the last seven days.
  • Its current map went up 13d ago.

2. Players

Figure 1: Players on nameserver

Players now and over time, UTC

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Source: Live server queries, Rust Census

3. Server performance

Figure 2: Frame rate, entities and memory

From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag

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

Note

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.

4. Rank

Figure 3: Rank among all servers, daily

1 is best

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k19 Oct20 Oct22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct

Top 59% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Source: Live server queries, Rust Census

5. Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

6. Wipes

Table 1: Wipes, newest first

Every wipe seen on this server

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

Source: Live server queries, Rust Census

7. Map

Figure 4: Map of nameserver

No map picture published

Table 2: The world

As the server publishes it

MapProcedural Map
Size–
Seed–

8. Server characteristics

Table 3: Characteristics of nameserver

What the server publishes and what was recorded

Address178.177.238.242:28015
Region–
Max players15
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe16 Oct 2026, 07:13 UTC
Hostname–
First seen19 Oct 2026

9. Similar servers

Table 4: Servers like this one

The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes

ServerCharacteristicsPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 514 on average500 / 525
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average388 / 450
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 291 on average49 / 250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 276 on average48 / 250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 275 on average51 / 100
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 241 on average161 / 200

10. Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe details

When does nameserver wipe, and how often?

With too few wipes of nameserver on record, its rhythm remains unclear. A force wipe takes place monthly for every Rust server, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. This world was generated 13 days 4 hours ago.

Server record

How reliable is nameserver, and is it online now?

Last seen 10 days ago, nameserver is offline in this release. A total of 0 of 168 hours were up over 7 full days, which is 0% of the time. It was first seen by Rust Census on 19 October 2026.

Which location does nameserver run from?

No region is given by nameserver. Where a server says it is is what Rust Census shows; where the machine stands is not looked up. 178.177.238.242:28015 is its address.

What version of Rust has been recorded on nameserver?

This release lists nameserver on Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, running on Windows. Steam updates your game for you, but it has to be on the same protocol to join.

Player figures

What population has been recorded on nameserver?

At this release nameserver is offline, having last been seen 10 days ago.

How does nameserver compare with other servers in the rankings?

The rank for nameserver is #13,042 on seven-day player hours, in the top 59% of ranked servers.

Tags, lists

Where does nameserver appear among the Rust Census lists and filters?

These Rust Census lists include nameserver: Community servers. 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Which meanings do the tags on nameserver carry?

These are the tags nameserver publishes for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Survival play, in the standard Rust format; mp15 (Max players): 15 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): To connect, your game version must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781 is installed; ptrak (Networking): Networking is handled by RakNet, which the game uses by default; $r? (Region code): This server carries no region code. Current players, queue length and world creation time are in the tags as well, and are shown at the top of this page.

Settings and map

What map is listed for nameserver?

The game generates the procedural map on nameserver.

What settings and rules have been listed for nameserver?

The name of nameserver carries no gather rate. 8 players is the group limit, the game's default. It runs survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting other players and raiding are allowed. It appears under Community in the server browser. The server does not run VAC, Valve's anti-cheat.

How to join

What steps are needed to join nameserver?

You can open the console in Rust with F1 and enter client.connect 178.177.238.242:28015; or press Launch Rust and join on this page, and you are connected through Steam.

11. Server tags

What each tag this server publishes means: a glossary.

Published asmp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrustGame mode Survival play, in the standard Rust format.
mp15Max players 15 slots are available.
ts8Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with.
v2634Protocol To connect, your game version must match protocol 2634.
cs167781Build Build 167781 is installed.
ptrakNetworking Networking is handled by RakNet, which the game uses by default.
$r?Region code This server carries no region code.

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.