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
178.131.170.225:28015
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 8349 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 178.131.170.225:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 20
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 28 Sep 2026, 16:12 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 28 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 Forest Gaming use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Forest Gaming. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Forest Gaming?
A procedural map is in use on Forest Gaming, made by the game.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Forest Gaming?
These tags come from Forest Gaming and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp20 (Max players): Room for 20; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2633 to get in; cs165217 (Build): Game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $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.
What Boongarust lists feature Forest Gaming?
The Boongarust lists that take Forest Gaming 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 2 weeks.
Server info
What's the physical location of Forest Gaming?
From Forest Gaming, 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 178.131.170.225:28015.
How reliable is Forest Gaming?
Forest Gaming is down, with the last sighting 9 days 21 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 28 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Forest Gaming have?
On Windows, Forest Gaming runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe info
How does Forest Gaming handle wipe day?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
When does Forest Gaming wipe?
With so few of Forest Gaming's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 9 days 21 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Ranking wise, where does Forest Gaming place?
In the top 71% of all ranked servers, Forest Gaming is #16,970 on player hours over the last seven days.
What's the player count on Forest Gaming?
Offline. Forest Gaming was last seen 9 days 21 hours ago.
Join the server
How do you connect to Forest Gaming?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 178.131.170.225:28015. 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 mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.