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
178.177.238.248:28015
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 49% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 178.177.238.248:28015
- 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?
There is no gather rate in the name of nameserver. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on nameserver?
The map on nameserver is procedural, created 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): Room for 15; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166494 (Build): Game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code on record. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Which Boongarust filters show nameserver?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for nameserver: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
What's the physical location of nameserver?
No region is published by nameserver. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 178.177.238.248:28015.
How reliable is nameserver?
nameserver is down, with the last sighting 4 days 17 hours ago. Last 4 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 96. It entered Boongarust's records on 3 October 2026.
What Rust version is nameserver using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows: that is nameserver. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
How often does nameserver wipe?
With so few of nameserver's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world is 6 days 7 hours old.
Player counts
Where does nameserver sit in the rankings?
Ranked #11,482 on seven-day player hours, nameserver is in the top 49% overall.
How many players are on nameserver?
nameserver last showed life 4 days 17 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 3 players over the last seven days and peaked at 3.
How to join
How do you connect to nameserver?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 178.177.238.248:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.