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
169.197.85.197:5503
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 69% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 169.197.85.197:5503
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 40
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 7 Oct 2026, 15:31 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 7 Oct 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What are A Rust Server's rules and configuration?
No gather rate appears in the name of A Rust Server. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on A Rust Server?
A Rust Server uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Server tags
What are the tags on A Rust Server for?
The game's server browser reads the tags A Rust Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp40 (Max players): Slot count: 40; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs167058 (Build): Build 167058; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Which Boongarust filters show A Rust Server?
The Boongarust lists that take A Rust Server are: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Server details
What's the physical location of A Rust Server?
No region comes from A Rust Server. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 169.197.85.197:5503.
What's the uptime like on A Rust Server?
Offline now, A Rust Server was last seen 28 hours ago. 7 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does A Rust Server have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Linux: that is A Rust Server. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
A Rust Server wipes on what schedule?
With so few of A Rust Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 28 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Where does A Rust Server sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put A Rust Server at #16,036, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Is A Rust Server busy?
Offline. A Rust Server was last seen 28 hours ago. Averaged 0 players across the last week.
Join the server
What's the process to join A Rust Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 169.197.85.197:5503. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167058,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.