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
176.174.161.212:28015
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 3847 places on last week. Top 53% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 176.174.161.212:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 6 Oct 2026, 18:14 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.
Server rules
What settings does Waste of time use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Waste of time. 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. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Waste of time?
Waste of time uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Server tags
What do Waste of time's tags signify?
These tags come from Waste of time and go straight into the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): Slot count: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; 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): The region code is missing. 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.
Where does Waste of time appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Waste of time: 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 location of Waste of time?
From Waste of time, there is no region. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 176.174.161.212:28015.
How reliable is Waste of time?
Waste of time is down, with the last sighting 41 hours ago. 2 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 1% uptime. 27 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Waste of time using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows: that is Waste of time. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
How often does Waste of time wipe?
Waste of time's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world is 42 hours old.
Population
Where does Waste of time sit in the rankings?
Ranked #12,520 on seven-day player hours, Waste of time is in the top 53% overall.
What's the player count on Waste of time?
Offline. Waste of time was last seen 41 hours ago. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1. Over the last 48 hours, the busiest hour was 18:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
How to join
What's the process to join Waste of time?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 176.174.161.212:28015. 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.