The Governors Server
Offline 160.3.8.233:28015 checked 8h ago
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 1 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 40% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 13 Oct, 19:50 UTC8h ago | – | – | running | 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. 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
How should you read the tags on The Governors Server?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp250 (Max players): Room for 250; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference is what The Governors Server tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find The Governors Server in?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature The Governors Server are: Modded Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Map and rules
Which map is currently on The Governors Server?
A procedural map, size 6,000 with seed 14564, generated by the game, is what The Governors Server runs. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What rules does The Governors Server enforce, and what settings does it run?
The name of The Governors Server gives no gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. This server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
Server info
What location is The Governors Server in?
No region is published by The Governors Server. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. Find it at this address: 160.3.8.233:28015.
How reliable is The Governors Server, and is it online now?
No stock at present: The Governors Server is offline, last seen 8 hours ago. 9 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 5% uptime. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 1 October 2026.
What version does The Governors Server use?
On Windows, The Governors Server is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Player count
How does The Governors Server compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place The Governors Server at #9,000, in the top 40% of all ranked servers.
What is the current player count on The Governors Server?
Current status for The Governors Server: offline, last seen 8 hours ago. It peaked at 1 this week, and the average was 1. The last 48 hours peaked at 20:00 UTC, when it averaged 1 players.
Wipe schedule
How often does The Governors Server wipe?
Too few wipes of The Governors Server are recorded to tell what its rhythm is. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 8 hours ago.
How to join
What is the way to join The Governors Server?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 160.3.8.233:28015. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp250,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp250
ts8
v2634
cs167398
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.