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
188.162.65.67:28015
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
Down 6717 places on last week. Top 61% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 188.162.65.67:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 25 Sep 2026, 09:08 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 26 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 first_server use?
No gather rate appears in the name of first_server. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, 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. The server has VAC off.
What's the map on first_server?
A procedural map is in use on first_server, made by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on first_server?
gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla, straight up; mp500 (Max players): Room for 500; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs165217 (Build): Running build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): No region code on record are the tags first_server puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Where does first_server appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take first_server are: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server details
Where can you find first_server?
No region is published by first_server. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 188.162.65.67:28015.
How often is first_server online?
Offline now, first_server was last seen 11 days 5 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. 26 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does first_server have?
On Windows, first_server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
How often does first_server wipe?
The record holds too few of first_server's wipes to tell its rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are on was made 12 days 22 hours.
Population
What's first_server's rank among Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put first_server at #14,464, in the top 61% of all ranked servers.
Is first_server busy?
Offline. first_server was last seen 11 days 5 hours ago.
How to join
How can you get into first_server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 188.162.65.67:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.