Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
159.196.216.2:20001
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 2650 places on last week. Top 69% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 159.196.216.2:20001
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 40
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 7 Oct 2026, 03:24 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 1 Oct 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does A Rust Server use?
The name of A Rust Server does not include a gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on A Rust Server?
A procedural map is in use on A Rust Server, made by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on A Rust Server?
The game's server browser reads the tags A Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp40 (Max players): Room for 40; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Where does A Rust Server appear in Boongarust lists?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for A Rust Server: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Server details
Where can you find A Rust Server?
From A Rust Server, there is no region. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 159.196.216.2:20001.
How often is A Rust Server online?
Last seen 35 hours ago, A Rust Server is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 6 full days came to 1%, 2 hours from 144. 1 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does A Rust Server have?
On Linux, A Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
When does A Rust Server wipe?
With so few of A Rust Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. The world you are on was made 36 hours.
Population
Where does A Rust Server sit in the rankings?
In the top 69% of all ranked servers, A Rust Server is #16,330 on player hours over the last seven days.
How many players are on A Rust Server?
Offline. A Rust Server was last seen 35 hours ago. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
Join the server
How do you connect to A Rust Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 159.196.216.2:20001. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.