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
72.197.26.248:28015
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
Down 446 places on last week. Top 70% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 72.197.26.248:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 21:33 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 20 Sep 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 Idle Server use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Idle Server. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. 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 Idle Server?
Idle Server uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
What are the tags on Idle Server for?
These tags come from Idle Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp10 (Max players): Room for 10; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166494 (Build): Build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. 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 Idle Server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Idle Server: 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 info
What's the location of Idle Server?
No region is published by Idle Server. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 72.197.26.248:28015.
How reliable is Idle Server?
Idle Server is down, with the last sighting 6 days 13 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 1%, 1 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 20 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Idle Server have?
On Windows, Idle Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
Wipe day at Idle Server: what's it like?
0 players was the average peak on recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it.
How often does Idle Server wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe for Idle Server, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is next, and every Rust server wipes with it. Its world is 6 days 13 hours old.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Idle Server place?
Ranked #16,557 on seven-day player hours, Idle Server is in the top 70% overall.
What's the player count on Idle Server?
Idle Server last showed life 6 days 13 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
Join the server
What's the process to join Idle Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 72.197.26.248:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.