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
187.170.251.198:28015
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
Up 3626 places on last week. Top 36% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 187.170.251.198:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 3
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 3 Oct 2026, 13:52 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 27 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 settings does Defcon_Server use?
The name of Defcon_Server does not include a gather rate. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
What's the map on Defcon_Server?
A procedural map is in use on Defcon_Server, made by the game.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Defcon_Server?
The game's server browser reads the tags Defcon_Server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp3 (Max players): 3 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166652 (Build): Running build 166652; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code on record. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
What Boongarust lists feature Defcon_Server?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for Defcon_Server: 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 Defcon_Server?
No region comes from Defcon_Server. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 187.170.251.198:28015.
How reliable is Defcon_Server?
Defcon_Server is down, with the last sighting 4 days 7 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 9% uptime, with 15 hours up out of 168. 27 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does Defcon_Server have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows: that is Defcon_Server. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
What happens on wipe day at Defcon_Server?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.
Defcon_Server wipes on what schedule?
With so few of Defcon_Server'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. 5 days 19 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Where does Defcon_Server sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put Defcon_Server at #8,325, in the top 36% of all ranked servers.
Is Defcon_Server busy?
Defcon_Server last showed life 4 days 7 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
How to join
What's the process to join Defcon_Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 187.170.251.198:28015. 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 mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.