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
178.166.138.123:28015
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
Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 178.166.138.123:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 18 Sep 2026, 14:00 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 16 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 are rustserver's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of rustserver. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. 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 rustserver?
rustserver uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Server tags
What do rustserver's tags signify?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs164530 (Build): Running build 164530; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): No region code on record are the tags rustserver puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Where does rustserver appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find rustserver: 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.
Server info
What's the physical location of rustserver?
No region comes from rustserver. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 178.166.138.123:28015.
How reliable is rustserver?
Offline now, rustserver was last seen 18 days 20 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. 16 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is rustserver using?
On Windows, rustserver runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
How does rustserver handle wipe day?
Recent wipes peaked at 1 players on average. 15 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
rustserver wipes on what schedule?
With so few of rustserver'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. Its world is 19 days 14 hours old.
Population
What's rustserver's rank among Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put rustserver at #15,398, in the top – of all ranked servers.
Is rustserver busy?
Offline. rustserver was last seen 18 days 20 hours ago.
How to join
What's the process to join rustserver?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 178.166.138.123:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.