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
88.97.185.42:28015
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
Up 6709 places on last week. Top 35% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 88.97.185.42:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 6 Oct 2026, 09:19 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 19 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 settings does Squid World use?
No gather rate appears in the name of Squid World. 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. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Squid World?
Squid World uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
What are the tags on Squid World for?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): Room for 500; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs167058 (Build): Game build is 167058; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags Squid World puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. 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.
Where does Squid World appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Squid World: 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; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Server info
What's the physical location of Squid World?
From Squid World, there is no region. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 88.97.185.42:28015.
What's the uptime like on Squid World?
Offline now, Squid World was last seen 17 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 8% uptime, with 13 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 19 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Squid World have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Windows: that is Squid World. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on wipe day at Squid World?
Recent wipes peaked at 1 players on average. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it.
How often does Squid World wipe?
The record holds too few of Squid World'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. Its world is 2 days 2 hours old.
Population
Where does Squid World sit in the rankings?
In the top 35% of all ranked servers, Squid World is #8,248 on player hours over the last seven days.
What's the player count on Squid World?
Offline. Squid World was last seen 17 hours ago. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1. Over the last 48 hours, the busiest hour was 12:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
How to join
How can you get into Squid World?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 88.97.185.42:28015. 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 mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167058,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.