The Rust Server
Offline 202.189.16.197:28246 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 25 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
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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 25 Sep, 12:34 UTC19d ago | 0 | – | running | 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
Can you explain the tags on The Rust Server?
The server browser reads these tags that The Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp40 (Max players): 40 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap is 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: your game must match to get in; cs165217 (Build): It runs on build 165217; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find The Rust Server in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Rust Server: 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.
Map and rules
Which map is currently on The Rust Server?
The map on The Rust Server is procedural, size 3,000 with seed 966264843, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does The Rust Server enforce, and what settings does it run?
The name of The Rust Server gives no gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. You play survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. You will find it in the Community section of the server browser, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
About the server
What location is The Rust Server in?
There is no region listed for The Rust Server. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. The endpoint is 202.189.16.197:28246.
How reliable is The Rust Server, and is it online now?
Right now The Rust Server is not in stock, last seen 19 days 19 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 25 September 2026.
What Rust version does The Rust Server run?
The setup: The Rust Server on Linux, Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Player count
How does The Rust Server compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
Over the last seven days The Rust Server ranks #16,320 on player hours, among the top 71% of all ranked servers.
What is the current player count on The Rust Server?
You will find The Rust Server offline right now; its last sighting was 19 days 19 hours ago.
Wipe schedule
When does The Rust Server wipe?
The wipes of The Rust Server on record are too few to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes, and every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 19 days 19 hours ago.
What happens on The Rust Server on wipe day?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 0 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours after it began, the crowd peaked.
How to join
What steps do you take to join The Rust Server?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 202.189.16.197:28246. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you. You can find its website at https://minekuai.com.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp40
ts8
v2633
cs165217
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.