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
188.163.18.137:28015
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 263 places on last week. Top 58% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 188.163.18.137:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 2
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 11:26 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.
Server rules
What settings does cotaqbas use?
The name of cotaqbas does not include a gather rate. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on cotaqbas?
A procedural map is in use on cotaqbas, made by the game.
Server tags
What are the tags on cotaqbas for?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp2 (Max players): 2 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166586 (Build): Game build is 166586; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank are the tags cotaqbas 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.
What Boongarust lists feature cotaqbas?
On these Boongarust lists you will find cotaqbas: 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 info
What's the location of cotaqbas?
No region comes from cotaqbas. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 188.163.18.137:28015.
How reliable is cotaqbas?
Last seen 6 days 13 hours ago, cotaqbas is offline at the moment. Last 6 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 144. 2 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does cotaqbas have?
On Windows, cotaqbas runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
How does cotaqbas handle wipe day?
1 players was the average peak on recent wipes. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
When does cotaqbas wipe?
cotaqbas's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. The world you are on was made 6 days 13 hours.
Population
Ranking wise, where does cotaqbas place?
Ranked #13,462 on seven-day player hours, cotaqbas is in the top 58% overall.
Is cotaqbas busy?
Offline. cotaqbas was last seen 6 days 13 hours ago. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 1.
Join the server
What's the process to join cotaqbas?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 188.163.18.137:28015. 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 mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166586,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.