A Rust Server
Offline 198.244.178.216:5681 checked 19d 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 23 Sep. 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
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.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on A Rust Server?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp40 (Max players): 40 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: your game must match to get in; cs165217 (Build): It runs on build 165217; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays is what A Rust 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 A Rust Server in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include A Rust Server: 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.
Settings and rules
What map is in play on A Rust Server?
A procedural map, size 3,000 with seed 99238, generated by the game, is what A Rust Server runs. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Which settings and rules apply on A Rust Server?
No gather rate is given in the name of A Rust Server. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. This server runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. The plugins it runs number Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
About the server
What is the location of A Rust Server?
No region is published by A Rust Server. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. Find it at this address: 198.244.178.216:5681.
How reliable is A Rust Server, and is it online now?
Right now A Rust Server is not in stock, last seen 19 days 3 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 0% uptime. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 23 September 2026.
Which Rust build is A Rust Server running?
On Linux, A Rust Server is running Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Player count
What is A Rust Server's rank among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place A Rust Server at #16,402, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Is A Rust Server busy at the moment?
You will find A Rust Server offline right now; its last sighting was 19 days 3 hours ago.
Wipe schedule
When does A Rust Server wipe?
There are not yet enough recorded wipes from A Rust Server to reveal its rhythm. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 21 days 3 hours ago.
How to join
What is the way to join A Rust Server?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 198.244.178.216:5681. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2633
cs165217
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.