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
222.167.238.25:28015
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
Top 51% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 222.167.238.25:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 9 Oct 2026, 23:24 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 9 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 are XEP's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of XEP. 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. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on XEP?
The map on XEP is procedural, created by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on XEP?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp1 (Max players): Slot count: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs167398 (Build): Running build 167398; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags XEP puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
What Boongarust lists feature XEP?
The Boongarust lists that take XEP are: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Server details
What's the physical location of XEP?
No region comes from XEP. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 222.167.238.25:28015.
What's the uptime like on XEP?
Right now XEP is live. 9 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is XEP using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 on Windows: that is XEP. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
XEP wipes on what schedule?
XEP's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are on was made 4 hours.
Population
Ranking wise, where does XEP place?
Ranked #11,623 on seven-day player hours, XEP is in the top 51% overall.
Is XEP busy?
1 players are on XEP at the moment, out of 1 slots. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 00:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.
How to join
How can you get into XEP?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 222.167.238.25:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect. Expect a queue, as it is full right now.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167398,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.