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
64.99.197.249:28015
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 70% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 64.99.197.249:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 100
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 3 Oct 2026, 23:40 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 3 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 Oldskool's rules and configuration?
No gather rate appears in the name of Oldskool. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on Oldskool?
Oldskool uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
What are the tags on Oldskool for?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp100 (Max players): 100 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags Oldskool puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Which Boongarust filters show Oldskool?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for Oldskool: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
What's the location of Oldskool?
No region comes from Oldskool. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 64.99.197.249:28015.
How reliable is Oldskool?
Oldskool is down, with the last sighting 3 days 23 hours ago. Last 3 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 72. It entered Boongarust's records on 3 October 2026.
What Rust version is Oldskool using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux: that is Oldskool. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
When does Oldskool wipe?
The record holds too few of Oldskool's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are on was made 3 days 23 hours.
Population
Ranking wise, where does Oldskool place?
In the top 70% of all ranked servers, Oldskool is #16,700 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is Oldskool busy?
Oldskool last showed life 3 days 23 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
Join the server
How can you get into Oldskool?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 64.99.197.249:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.