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
176.96.191.196:28015
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 2689 places on last week. Top 40% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 176.96.191.196:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 7 Oct 2026, 17:52 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 20 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 Poligon use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Poligon. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Poligon?
Poligon uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
What do Poligon's tags signify?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs167058 (Build): Game build is 167058; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank are the tags Poligon puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. 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 Poligon appear in Boongarust lists?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for Poligon: 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 24 hours.
Server details
What's the physical location of Poligon?
No region is published by Poligon. 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 176.96.191.196:28015.
How reliable is Poligon?
Last seen 13 hours ago, Poligon is offline at the moment. Last 7 full days: 5% uptime, with 9 hours up out of 168. 20 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Poligon using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Windows: that is Poligon. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
How does Poligon handle wipe day?
1 players was the average peak on recent wipes. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 2 hours in. The crowd stayed above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of recent wipes.
Poligon wipes on what schedule?
No next wipe to predict here. Poligon goes at irregular times. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 14 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Where does Poligon sit in the rankings?
Ranked #9,570 on seven-day player hours, Poligon is in the top 40% overall.
Is Poligon busy?
Offline. Poligon was last seen 13 hours ago. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 1.
How to join
How do you connect to Poligon?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 176.96.191.196:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167058,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.