#1 Rust Server Tool
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers.
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
96.38.97.38:28015
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
Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 96.38.97.38:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 100
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 10 Sep 2026, 21:09 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 14 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 #1 Rust Server Tool use?
No gather rate appears in the name of #1 Rust Server Tool. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on #1 Rust Server Tool?
The map on #1 Rust Server Tool is procedural, created by the game.
Server tags
What are the tags on #1 Rust Server Tool for?
These tags come from #1 Rust Server Tool and go straight into the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp100 (Max players): 100 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs163493 (Build): Running build 163493; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code on record; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe brings the monthly reset. 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 #1 Rust Server Tool?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for #1 Rust Server Tool: 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; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server info
Where can you find #1 Rust Server Tool?
No region is published by #1 Rust Server Tool. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 96.38.97.38:28015.
How often is #1 Rust Server Tool online?
#1 Rust Server Tool is down, with the last sighting 23 days 19 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. 14 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does #1 Rust Server Tool have?
On Windows, #1 Rust Server Tool runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163493. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
#1 Rust Server Tool wipes on what schedule?
The estimate for #1 Rust Server Tool's next wipe comes from the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 27 days 12 hours ago this server built its current world. Look at its tags: monthly wipe schedule.
Population
What's #1 Rust Server Tool's rank among Rust servers?
In the top – of all ranked servers, #1 Rust Server Tool is #12,883 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is #1 Rust Server Tool busy?
Down right now: #1 Rust Server Tool, last spotted 23 days 19 hours back.
How to join
What's the process to join #1 Rust Server Tool?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 96.38.97.38:28015. 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 mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^m,gmvanilla,cs163493,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.