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
173.234.15.70:28016
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 1506 places on last week. Top 72% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 173.234.15.70:28016
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 40
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 27 Sep 2026, 05:34 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 27 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 settings does A Rust Server use?
The name of A Rust Server does not include a gather rate. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, 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. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on A Rust Server?
A Rust Server uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
What are the tags on A Rust Server for?
These tags come from A Rust Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp40 (Max players): Room for 40; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs165217 (Build): Build 165217; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
What Boongarust lists feature A Rust Server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find A Rust Server: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server info
What's the location of A Rust Server?
From A Rust Server, there is no region. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 173.234.15.70:28016.
How reliable is A Rust Server?
Last seen 12 days 12 hours ago, A Rust Server is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 27 September 2026.
Which Rust build does A Rust Server have?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux: that is A Rust Server. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe info
How often does A Rust Server wipe?
A Rust Server's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. Its world is 12 days 14 hours old.
Player counts
Where does A Rust Server sit in the rankings?
In the top 72% of all ranked servers, A Rust Server is #16,947 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is A Rust Server busy?
Down right now: A Rust Server, last spotted 12 days 12 hours back.
Join the server
How can you get into A Rust Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 173.234.15.70:28016. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.