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
178.177.238.204:28015
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 60% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 178.177.238.204:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 15
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 06:22 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 3 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 settings does nameserver use?
No gather rate appears in the name of nameserver. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, 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 is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on nameserver?
A procedural map is in use on nameserver, made by the game.
Tags
What do nameserver's tags signify?
These tags come from nameserver and go straight into the game's server browser: 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; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Where does nameserver appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find nameserver: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server info
What's the physical location of nameserver?
No region comes from nameserver. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 178.177.238.204:28015.
How often is nameserver online?
Offline now, nameserver was last seen 2 days 9 hours ago. 1 hours out of 120 across the last 5 full days. 1% uptime. 3 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is nameserver using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows: that is nameserver. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
nameserver wipes on what schedule?
nameserver's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 6 days 18 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Ranking wise, where does nameserver place?
In the top 60% of all ranked servers, nameserver is #13,828 on player hours over the last seven days.
How many players are on nameserver?
nameserver last showed life 2 days 9 hours ago; it is offline now. The average over the last seven days was 0 players, with a peak of 1.
How to join
How do you connect to nameserver?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 178.177.238.204:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.