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
5.79.72.113:28015
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 394 places on last week. Top 64% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 5.79.72.113:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 19 Sep 2026, 18:00 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 23 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 Scientist Rust use?
No gather rate appears in the name of Scientist Rust. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. 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. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Scientist Rust?
Scientist Rust uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Scientist Rust?
The game's server browser reads the tags Scientist Rust publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): 500 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2633 to get in; cs164530 (Build): Build 164530; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Where does Scientist Rust appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Scientist Rust: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
Where can you find Scientist Rust?
No region is published by Scientist Rust. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 5.79.72.113:28015.
How often is Scientist Rust online?
Offline now, Scientist Rust was last seen 15 days ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 23 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Scientist Rust have?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows: that is Scientist Rust. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
How often does Scientist Rust wipe?
With so few of Scientist Rust's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. Its world is 18 days 23 hours old.
Population
What's Scientist Rust's rank among Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Scientist Rust at #13,933, in the top 64% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Scientist Rust?
Offline. Scientist Rust was last seen 15 days ago.
How to join
How do you connect to Scientist Rust?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 5.79.72.113:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.