Builders Like Us
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 8%.
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
172.240.236.179:28015
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
Down 23 places on last week. Top 8% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
A creative build server with great tools. - Instant craft using Q or F1 - Unlimited resources - Building tools (BGrade/BSkin) - Skinbox (lightning fast) and Sign Artist - Procedural map with high FPS - Horizontal door placement - No clip enabled (flying) - Terraform the environment with nature items
Spec sheet
- Address
- 172.240.236.179:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 125
- Group limit
- 32 max
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 17:44 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 Sep 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 are Builders Like Us's rules and configuration?
The name of Builders Like Us does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 32 players. build & creative is the game mode, no gathering, just sandbox building. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Builders Like Us?
A procedural map of 5,000 with seed 1 is in use on Builders Like Us, made by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page. Custom Map is the map name.
Server tags
What do Builders Like Us's tags signify?
These tags come from Builders Like Us and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp125 (Max players): Slot count: 125; ts32 (Group limit): Team size caps at 32; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs167231 (Build): Build 167231; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^m (Monthly): Wipes land once a month, alongside the force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): Roleplay server; ^c (Creative): No gathering. Just building, however you like; ^k (Build server): Design bases; practise your builds; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) handles the plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays. 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 Builders Like Us?
The Boongarust lists that take Builders Like Us are: Top modded Rust servers, Rust build and creative servers, Busiest Rust creative servers, Rust roleplay servers and North America Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Roleplay ^r, Creative ^c, Build server ^k, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server info
Performance of Builders Like Us: does it hold up?
Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 60, with a low of 60. Buildings, deployables and everything else added up to as many as 211,305 entities. Memory use peaked at 4,643 MB. Lag, to players, means low fps and a growing entity count.
Where can you find Builders Like Us?
No region tag comes from Builders Like Us, but the name it uses points to North America. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 172.240.236.179:28015.
How often is Builders Like Us online?
Right now Builders Like Us is live. The uptime it reports suggests a restart around 3 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 98% uptime, with 164 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is Builders Like Us using?
On Linux, Builders Like Us runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
Wipe day at Builders Like Us: what's it like?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 17 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 2 hours in.
Builders Like Us wipes on what schedule?
Builders Like Us wipes with the force wipe, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is next, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world you are on was made 7 days 6 hours. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Builders Like Us place?
Player hours over seven days put Builders Like Us at #1,787, in the top 8% of all ranked servers.
Is Builders Like Us busy?
Builders Like Us is showing 4 players on 125 slots right now. The average over the last seven days was 4 players, with a peak of 14. It was busiest at 17:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, with 7 players on average.
How to join
How do you connect to Builders Like Us?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 172.240.236.179:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect. Find it at https://discord.com/invite/MwWEY9pxq8.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp125,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^r,^c,^k,gmrust,cs167231,ts32,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.