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Rust server

178.72.70.229:28015 checked 21d ago

Release date
Next release
In five minutes (20:30 UTC)
Source
Live server queries
Server address
178.72.70.229:28015
First recorded
3 October 2026

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1. Main points

Players now

2/ 100

2% full

7-day average

0

peak –

Rank

#11,493

top 51%

Last wipe

21d ago

no schedule published

Next wipe

–

too few wipes seen yet

Main points

  • The server is offline; at its last check there were 2 players on it, 2% of its 100 slots.
  • It ranks #11,493 of all ranked servers, the top 51%, on player hours over the last seven days.
  • Its current map went up 21d ago.

2. Players

Figure 1: Players on Rust server

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
15k10k15k20k3 Oct5 Oct7 Oct9 Oct11 Oct13 Oct

Top 51% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Source: Live server queries, Rust Census

5. Wipe schedule

Patterntoo few wipes seen yet

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

Usual gap

3.2 days

between real wipes

Wipe-day peak

3

players, last three wipes

Crowd held

100%

of its cycles kept half the crowd

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe

Tue 6 OctSat 3 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 0 hours in.

Source: Live server queries, Rust Census

6. Wipes

Table 1: Wipes, newest first

Every wipe seen on this server

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 6 Oct, 16:50 UTC21d ago 3 – running 1
Sat 3 Oct, 12:46 UTC24d ago 3 held half 3.2 days 0

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 5: Map of Rust server

No map picture published

Table 2: The world

As the server publishes it

MapProcedural Map
Size–
Seed–

8. Server characteristics

Table 3: Characteristics of Rust server

What the server publishes and what was recorded

Address178.72.70.229:28015
Region–
Max players100
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe6 Oct 2026, 17:37 UTC
Hostname–
First seen3 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 · 533 on average223 / 250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 325 on average14 / 250
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 323 on average18 / 250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 318 on average133 / 200
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 278 on average43 / 200
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 264 on average41 / 100

10. Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe schedule

This release records the wipe timetable for Rust server: what is it?

The rhythm of Rust server's wipes cannot yet be told: too few are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. The present world dates from 21 days 11 hours.

How is wipe day run on Rust server?

Recent wipes drew an average peak of 3 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked. Recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of cases.

Server record

Is Rust server up, and how well has it held up?

Rust server is offline at the time of this release; it was last seen 21 days 8 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours on across the last 7 full days gives an uptime of 0%. First recorded by Rust Census on 3 October 2026.

What location has been recorded for Rust server?

No region is published by Rust server. No lookup of where the machine stands is made by Rust Census; it shows where a server says it is. 178.72.70.229:28015 is its address.

On which Rust version does Rust server operate?

The version in use on Rust server is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows. The same protocol is required for your game to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Player figures

How many players does Rust server carry?

At this release Rust server is offline, having last been seen 21 days 8 hours ago.

What position does Rust server hold in the server rankings?

For seven-day player hours, Rust server is ranked #11,493, placing it in the top 51% of all ranked servers.

Tag details

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

Included in these Rust Census lists is Rust server: Community servers. Under these filters it comes up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

The tags on Rust server: what do they indicate?

These are the tags Rust server publishes for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Survival play, in the standard Rust format; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to join; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is used, the standard network layer of the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. At the top of this page you will find the tags for current players, queue and world creation time.

Map and rules

Which map has been recorded for Rust server?

Rust server runs a procedural map, which the game generates.

On Rust server, what rules and settings are in force?

The name of Rust server carries no gather rate. The group cap stands at 8 players, the default for the game. It runs survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Raiding and player combat are permitted. It appears under Community in the server browser. Anti-cheat is active: VAC, Valve's system, is on.

Join details

What is the way to join Rust server?

You can open the console in Rust with F1 and enter client.connect 178.72.70.229:28015; 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 asmp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrustGame mode Survival play, in the standard Rust format.
mp100Max players 100 slots are available.
ts8Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with.
v2634Protocol Your game must run protocol 2634 to join.
cs166652Build Game build: 166652.
ptrakNetworking RakNet is used, the standard network layer of the game.
$r?Region code No region code is set.

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.