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
27.130.40.192:28015
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 39% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 27.130.40.192:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 13:31 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 5 Oct 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does First Server use?
No gather rate appears in the name of First Server. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on First Server?
A procedural map is in use on First Server, made by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on First Server?
These tags come from First Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): 500 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
What Boongarust lists feature First Server?
The Boongarust lists that take First Server 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 week.
Server details
What's the location of First Server?
From First Server, there is no region. 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 27.130.40.192:28015.
How reliable is First Server?
Offline now, First Server was last seen 10 hours ago. Uptime over the last 2 full days came to 15%, 7 hours from 48. 5 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is First Server using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows: that is First Server. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
First Server wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of First Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. Its world is 5 days 10 hours old.
Player counts
What's First Server's rank among Rust servers?
Ranked #9,216 on seven-day player hours, First Server is in the top 39% overall.
Is First Server busy?
First Server last showed life 10 hours ago; it is offline now. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 1. It was busiest at 08:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, with 1 players on average.
How to join
What's the process to join First Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 27.130.40.192:28015. 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 mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.