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
188.130.159.41:28015
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 55% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 188.130.159.41:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 07:18 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 2 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 Survival use?
No gather rate appears in the name of Survival. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on Survival?
Survival uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Survival?
These tags come from Survival and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166586 (Build): Running build 166586; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
What Boongarust lists feature Survival?
The Boongarust lists that take Survival are: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
What's the physical location of Survival?
From Survival, there is no region. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 188.130.159.41:28015.
How reliable is Survival?
Survival is down, with the last sighting 5 days 14 hours ago. Last 4 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 96. It entered Boongarust's records on 2 October 2026.
What Rust version is Survival using?
On Windows, Survival runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
When does Survival wipe?
Survival's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world is 5 days 15 hours old.
Population
Where does Survival sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put Survival at #13,187, in the top 55% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Survival?
Survival last showed life 5 days 14 hours ago; it is offline now. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 1.
How to join
How do you connect to Survival?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 188.130.159.41:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166586,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.