The Governors Server
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 27%.
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
160.3.8.233:28015
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
Top 27% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 160.3.8.233:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 250
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 17:38 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 The Governors Server use?
The name of The Governors Server does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins running: Oxide. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on The Governors Server?
The map on The Governors Server is procedural, size 6,000, generated with seed 14564 by the game. You can see it on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed make the same map.
Server tags
What do The Governors Server's tags signify?
These tags come from The Governors Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp250 (Max players): 250 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166652 (Build): Game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code on record; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Which Boongarust filters show The Governors Server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find The Governors Server: Top 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 week.
Server info
What's the physical location of The Governors Server?
No region is published by The Governors Server. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 160.3.8.233:28015.
What's the uptime like on The Governors Server?
The Governors Server is up as you read this. 14 hours out of 120 across the last 5 full days. 12% uptime. The first record Boongarust has is 1 October 2026.
Which Rust build does The Governors Server have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows: that is The Governors Server. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
The Governors Server wipes on what schedule?
With so few of The Governors Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world is 6 days 5 hours old.
Population
Ranking wise, where does The Governors Server place?
Ranked #6,455 on seven-day player hours, The Governors Server is in the top 27% overall.
What's the player count on The Governors Server?
1 players are on The Governors Server at the moment, out of 250 slots. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 2. Over the last 48 hours, the busiest hour was 18:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Join the server
What's the process to join The Governors Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 160.3.8.233:28015. 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 mp250,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.