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
178.177.239.179:28015
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 29% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 178.177.239.179:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 15
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 06:22 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 6 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?
No gather rate appears 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. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on nameserver?
nameserver uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
What are the tags on nameserver for?
These tags come from nameserver and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp15 (Max players): 15 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166494 (Build): Build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Which Boongarust filters show nameserver?
On these Boongarust lists you will find nameserver: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
What's the location of nameserver?
No region comes from nameserver. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 178.177.239.179:28015.
How reliable is nameserver?
nameserver is down, with the last sighting 20 hours ago. 6 of 24 hours up in the last 1 full day, putting it at 25%. The first record Boongarust has is 6 October 2026.
What Rust version is nameserver using?
On Windows, nameserver runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
How often does nameserver wipe?
The record holds too few of nameserver's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 5 days 19 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
What's nameserver's rank among Rust servers?
Ranked #6,955 on seven-day player hours, nameserver is in the top 29% overall.
How many players are on nameserver?
Down right now: nameserver, last spotted 20 hours back. It averaged 2 players over the last seven days and peaked at 3. Over the last 48 hours, the busiest hour was 01:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
How to join
What's the process to join nameserver?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 178.177.239.179:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.