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The 7 day challenge

68.11.179.74:28015checked 5h ago

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OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 23%.

Players now1/3
33% full
7-day average0peak 3
Rank#5,477ranked on player hours
Resets8new worlds this week
Next wipe–resets, no wipes

Power level

Players on it, from the Steam server list.

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75113:0021:0006:0014:0021:0006:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Tale of the tape

Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.

The 7 day challenge Japan Tokyo -...
1Players now92
07-day average77
3Slots215
8Group limit8
vanillaGather ratevanilla
–Wipesbiweekly
–RegionEA

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Boongarust
The 7 day challenge
68.11.179.74:28015
RESETPEAK
06.10 00:390*
06.10 00:231*
06.10 00:161*
05.10 23:151*
04.10 06:280*
04.10 06:150*
04.10 06:081*
04.10 05:261*
17.09 22:331
RESETS SEEN9
AVG CYCLE16.3 DAYS
SCHEDULENONE
* players on it just before the wipe
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE

The map

No map pic
Procedural Map

Under the hood

Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

The ranking

Top 23% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.

RankRank in region
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Spec sheet

Address
68.11.179.74:28015
Region
–
Max players
3
Group limit
8, the default
Wipe schedule
–
Last wipe
resets constantly
Hostname
–
First seen
13 Sep 2026

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Quick answers

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Server rules

What are The 7 day challenge's rules and configuration?

The name of The 7 day challenge does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, 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, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

What's the map on The 7 day challenge?

The map on The 7 day challenge is procedural, created by the game.

Tags

What do The 7 day challenge's tags signify?

These tags come from The 7 day challenge and go straight into the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla, straight up; mp3 (Max players): 3 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs167058 (Build): Running build 167058; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.

Where does The 7 day challenge appear in Boongarust lists?

The Boongarust lists that take The 7 day challenge 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 3 days.

Server details

Where can you find The 7 day challenge?

No region comes from The 7 day challenge. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 68.11.179.74:28015.

How often is The 7 day challenge online?

Last seen 5 hours ago, The 7 day challenge is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 51%, 85 hours from 168. 13 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.

Which Rust build does The 7 day challenge have?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Windows: that is The 7 day challenge. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe times

When does The 7 day challenge wipe?

A new world arrives every few hours on The 7 day challenge. No wipe schedule, and no reset of those is a wipe.

Population

Where does The 7 day challenge sit in the rankings?

Player hours over seven days put The 7 day challenge at #5,477, in the top 23% of all ranked servers.

Is The 7 day challenge busy?

Offline. The 7 day challenge was last seen 5 hours ago. The average over the last seven days was 0 players, with a peak of 3. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 22:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.

Join the server

What's the process to join The 7 day challenge?

Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 68.11.179.74:28015. 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 mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs167058,ts8.

gmvanillaGameGame mode Vanilla, straight up.
mp3GameMax players 3 players fit in.
ts8GameGroup limit Default team size is 8.
v2634GameProtocol Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut.
cs167058GameBuild Running build 167058.
ptrakGameNetworking This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer.
$r?GameRegion code The region code is missing.

Flag meanings are Facepunch's.