Empire
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 70%.
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
88.97.218.36:28015
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
Top 70% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 88.97.218.36:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 300
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 5 Oct 2026, 22:17 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 5 Oct 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 Empire's rules and configuration?
The name of Empire does not include a gather rate. 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. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins running: Carbon. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Empire?
The map on Empire is procedural, created by the game.
Tags
What do Empire's tags signify?
These tags come from Empire and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp300 (Max players): Room for 300; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166652 (Build): Game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^z (Modded): It is Modded: plugins or settings make the difference; ^y (Carbon): Carbon handles the plugins here. 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.
Which Boongarust filters show Empire?
The Boongarust lists that take Empire are: Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Server info
What's the location of Empire?
No region comes from Empire. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 88.97.218.36:28015.
How often is Empire online?
Last seen 29 hours ago, Empire is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 2 full days came to 2%, 1 hours from 48. The first record Boongarust has is 5 October 2026.
Which Rust build does Empire have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows: that is Empire. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
How does Empire handle wipe day?
Recent wipes peaked at 0 players on average. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it.
When does Empire wipe?
With so few of Empire's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. 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.
Player counts
What's Empire's rank among Rust servers?
Ranked #16,685 on seven-day player hours, Empire is in the top 70% overall.
How many players are on Empire?
Empire last showed life 29 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
How to join
How do you connect to Empire?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 88.97.218.36:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp300,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^z,^y.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.