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
85.165.49.87:28015
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 1141 places on last week. Top 38% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 85.165.49.87:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 2
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 25 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 are Sander's rules and configuration?
The name of Sander does not include a gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. 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 is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Sander?
Sander uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Sander?
These tags come from Sander and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp2 (Max players): 2 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166494 (Build): Running build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Which Boongarust filters show Sander?
The Boongarust lists that take Sander are: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server info
What's the location of Sander?
No region is published by Sander. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 85.165.49.87:28015.
How reliable is Sander?
Offline now, Sander was last seen 2 days 7 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 54% uptime, with 91 hours up out of 168. 25 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Sander using?
On Windows, Sander runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
How does Sander handle wipe day?
1 players was the average peak on recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it.
When does Sander wipe?
Sander's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are on was made 5 days 12 hours.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Sander place?
In the top 38% of all ranked servers, Sander is #8,986 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is Sander busy?
Sander last showed life 2 days 7 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
How to join
How do you connect to Sander?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 85.165.49.87:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.