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
217.42.162.175:28016
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 389 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 217.42.162.175:28016
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 40
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 4 Sep 2026, 01:26 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 18 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 are A Rust Server's rules and configuration?
No gather rate appears in the name of A Rust Server. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on A Rust Server?
A Rust Server uses a procedural map of 3,000 that the game generates with seed 31833. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Server tags
What do A Rust Server's tags signify?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp40 (Max players): 40 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs165217 (Build): Build 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags A Rust Server puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does A Rust Server appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take A Rust Server are: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the physical location of A Rust Server?
No region comes from A Rust Server. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 217.42.162.175:28016.
What's the uptime like on A Rust Server?
Last seen 12 days 19 hours ago, A Rust Server is offline at the moment. 0 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 0% uptime. 18 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is A Rust Server using?
On Linux, A Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
A Rust Server wipes on what schedule?
A Rust Server's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. The world you are on was made 33 days 21 hours.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does A Rust Server place?
Ranked #16,173 on seven-day player hours, A Rust Server is in the top 71% overall.
Is A Rust Server busy?
Down right now: A Rust Server, last spotted 12 days 19 hours back.
Join the server
How do you connect to A Rust Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 217.42.162.175:28016. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.