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
178.177.237.241:28015
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
Top 70% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 178.177.237.241:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 15
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 06:22 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 5 Oct 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 are nameserver's rules and configuration?
The name of nameserver does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on nameserver?
nameserver uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on nameserver?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp15 (Max players): 15 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166494 (Build): Running build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags nameserver puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Which Boongarust filters show nameserver?
On these Boongarust lists you will find nameserver: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
What's the physical location of nameserver?
No region is published by nameserver. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 178.177.237.241:28015.
How reliable is nameserver?
Last seen 2 days 10 hours ago, nameserver is offline at the moment. 0 hours out of 48 across the last 2 full days. 0% uptime. The first record Boongarust has is 5 October 2026.
Which Rust build does nameserver have?
On Windows, nameserver runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
nameserver wipes on what schedule?
With so few of nameserver's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. Its world is 5 days 21 hours old.
Population
Where does nameserver sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put nameserver at #16,639, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
Is nameserver busy?
Down right now: nameserver, last spotted 2 days 10 hours back. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
How to join
How do you connect to nameserver?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 178.177.237.241:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.