The Rust Server
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 71%.
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
202.189.16.197:28246
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 536 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 202.189.16.197:28246
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 40
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 25 Sep 2026, 12:34 UTC
- 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 The Rust Server use?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Rust Server. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on The Rust Server?
The Rust Server uses a procedural map of 3,000 that the game generates with seed 966264843. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on The Rust Server?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp40 (Max players): Room for 40; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs165217 (Build): 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 The Rust Server puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. 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 The Rust Server?
The Boongarust lists that take The Rust Server 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 2 weeks.
Server details
What's the physical location of The Rust Server?
No region is published by The Rust Server. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 202.189.16.197:28246.
How often is The Rust Server online?
Offline now, The Rust Server was last seen 13 days 22 hours ago. 0 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 0% uptime. 25 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does The Rust Server have?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux: that is The Rust Server. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
How does The Rust Server handle wipe day?
Recent wipes peaked at 0 players on average. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it.
When does The Rust Server wipe?
With so few of The Rust Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 13 days 22 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
What's The Rust Server's rank among Rust servers?
Ranked #16,320 on seven-day player hours, The Rust Server is in the top 71% overall.
What's the player count on The Rust Server?
The Rust Server last showed life 13 days 22 hours ago; it is offline now.
How to join
How can you get into The Rust Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 202.189.16.197:28246. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join. You can find its website at https://minekuai.com.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.