Lab
Offline 188.186.17.80:28015 checked 9d 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 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 08:58 UTC9d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 20:54 UTC9d ago | 1 | – | 0.5 days | 0 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 03:55 UTC10d ago | 1 | – | 0.7 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 17:13 UTC10d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 03:46 UTC11d ago | 1 | – | 0.6 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:50 UTC FW12d ago | 1 | – | 1.3 days | 0 |
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 Lab?
The server browser reads these tags that Lab publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp5 (Max players): The cap is 5; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs166652 (Build): It runs on build 166652; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded is its category, with plugins or settings changing the game. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.
Where does Lab appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Lab are: Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Rules & map
Which map is currently on Lab?
Generated by the game, the map on Lab is procedural.
Which settings and rules apply on Lab?
No gather rate is given in the name of Lab. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide plugins running here. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
Server details
What is the location of Lab?
No region is published by Lab. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. You can reach it at 188.186.17.80:28015.
How reliable is Lab, and is it online now?
No stock on Lab at the moment, last seen 9 days 1 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 25 September 2026.
Which Rust build is Lab running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what powers Lab. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Population
How does Lab compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place Lab at #15,983, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Is Lab busy at the moment?
You will find Lab offline right now; its last sighting was 9 days 1 hours ago.
Wipe details
When does Lab wipe?
There is no way to predict the next wipe at Lab, which wipes at irregular times. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 9 days 1 hours ago.
What happens on Lab on wipe day?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours in.
Join the server
What steps do you take to join Lab?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 188.186.17.80:28015. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp5
ts8
v2634
cs166652
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.