nameserver
Offline 178.177.238.251:28015 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
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 35 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 06:22 UTC12d ago | 2 | – | running | 2 |
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.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on nameserver?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp15 (Max players): Room for 15; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634; cs166494 (Build): Game build: 166494; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank is what nameserver tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
Where does nameserver appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature nameserver are: Community Rust servers in stock. It shows under these filters 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.
Map and rules
What map is in play on nameserver?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what nameserver runs.
Which settings and rules apply on nameserver?
The name of nameserver gives no gather rate. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. 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. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
Server info
Where can you find nameserver?
No region is published by nameserver. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. Find it at this address: 178.177.238.251:28015.
How stable is nameserver, and is it currently online?
No stock at present: nameserver is offline, last seen 11 days 3 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 0 of 168 hours (0%). Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 23 September 2026.
What Rust version does nameserver run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what powers nameserver. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Population
How does nameserver compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
Over the last seven days nameserver ranks #12,330 on player hours, among the top 54% of all ranked servers.
What is the current player count on nameserver?
At the moment nameserver is offline, with a last sighting 11 days 3 hours ago.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does nameserver wipe?
There are not yet enough recorded wipes from nameserver to reveal its rhythm. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. 12 days 14 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
How does nameserver handle wipe day?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. On the latest wipe, 35 hours after it began, the crowd peaked.
Getting in
What is the way to join nameserver?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 178.177.238.251:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
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.