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
81.152.163.216:28015
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 737 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 81.152.163.216:28015
- Region
- – · uk1
- Max players
- 50
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 16 Nov 2025, 15:55 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 26 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 are RustWales's rules and configuration?
The name of RustWales does not include a gather rate. 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. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on RustWales?
A procedural map is in use on RustWales, made by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on RustWales?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp50 (Max players): 50 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2604 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2604 to get in; cs137038 (Build): Build 137038; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $ruk1 (Region code): The region code reads uk1 are the tags RustWales puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
What Boongarust lists feature RustWales?
The Boongarust lists that take RustWales are: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the location of RustWales?
There is no region from RustWales, but the region code is uk1. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 81.152.163.216:28015.
How often is RustWales online?
Last seen 13 days 3 hours ago, RustWales is offline at the moment. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 26 September 2026.
Which Rust build does RustWales have?
On Windows, RustWales runs Rust network protocol 2604 and build 137038. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
When does RustWales wipe?
The record holds too few of RustWales's wipes to tell its rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 326 days 15 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does RustWales place?
Ranked #16,568 on seven-day player hours, RustWales is in the top 71% overall.
What's the player count on RustWales?
Offline. RustWales was last seen 13 days 3 hours ago.
How to join
What's the process to join RustWales?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 81.152.163.216:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp50,ptrak,$ruk1,v2604,gmrust,cs137038,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.