Lab
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 37%.
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.
Reset receipt
188.186.17.80:28015
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 7366 places on last week. Top 37% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 188.186.17.80:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 5
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- resets constantly
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 25 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 Lab use?
The name of Lab 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. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You find Oxide plugins in use. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on Lab?
A procedural map is in use on Lab, made by the game.
Server tags
What are the tags on Lab for?
The game's server browser reads the tags Lab publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp5 (Max players): Slot count: 5; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does Lab appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Lab: Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Server info
Where can you find Lab?
No region is published by Lab. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 188.186.17.80:28015.
What's the uptime like on Lab?
Lab is down, with the last sighting 2 days 22 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 23%, 39 hours from 168. 25 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Lab using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows: that is Lab. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
Lab wipes on what schedule?
A new world arrives every few hours on Lab. No wipe schedule, and no reset of those is a wipe.
Population
What's Lab's rank among Rust servers?
Ranked #8,745 on seven-day player hours, Lab is in the top 37% overall.
How many players are on Lab?
Offline. Lab was last seen 2 days 22 hours ago. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
How to join
How can you get into Lab?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 188.186.17.80:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.