nameserver
Offline 178.177.238.169:28015 checked 11d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 54% 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
newest first| 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.
Tags & lists
How should you read the tags on nameserver?
Here are the tags nameserver lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp15 (Max players): The cap is 15; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs166494 (Build): Build 166494; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find nameserver in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include nameserver: Community Rust servers in stock. 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.
Settings and rules
Which map is currently on nameserver?
Generated by the game, the map on nameserver is procedural.
Which settings and rules apply on nameserver?
No gather rate is given in the name of nameserver. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. You play survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser puts it under Community: it is a community server. VAC is on.
About the server
What location is nameserver in?
There is no region listed for nameserver. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. You can reach it at 178.177.238.169:28015.
How stable is nameserver, and is it currently online?
No stock at present: nameserver is offline, last seen 11 days 7 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 0% uptime. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 3 October 2026.
What Rust version does nameserver run?
The setup: nameserver on Windows, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Player count
Where does nameserver sit in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place nameserver at #12,330, in the top 54% of all ranked servers.
Is nameserver busy at the moment?
You will find nameserver offline right now; its last sighting was 11 days 7 hours ago.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does nameserver wipe?
The wipes of nameserver on record are too few to show its rhythm. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 12 days 12 hours ago.
Getting in
What steps do you take to join nameserver?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 178.177.238.169:28015. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp15
ts8
v2634
cs166494
ptrak
$r?
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.