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
96.49.168.179:28015
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 6376 places on last week. Top 21% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 96.49.168.179:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 5 Oct 2026, 01:23 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 28 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 Rusty's Lab use?
The name of Rusty's Lab 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. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on Rusty's Lab?
The map on Rusty's Lab is procedural, created by the game.
Tags
What are the tags on Rusty's Lab for?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank are the tags Rusty's Lab puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. 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 Rusty's Lab?
The Boongarust lists that take Rusty's Lab 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 physical location of Rusty's Lab?
No region is published by Rusty's Lab. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 96.49.168.179:28015.
What's the uptime like on Rusty's Lab?
Offline now, Rusty's Lab was last seen 4 hours ago. 106 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 63% uptime. 28 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does Rusty's Lab have?
On Linux, Rusty's Lab runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
Wipe day at Rusty's Lab: what's it like?
1 players was the average peak on recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it. In 100% of recent wipes, half the peak was the floor until the next wipe.
When does Rusty's Lab wipe?
With so few of Rusty's Lab's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 3 days 7 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Ranking wise, where does Rusty's Lab place?
Player hours over seven days put Rusty's Lab at #5,092, in the top 21% of all ranked servers.
What's the player count on Rusty's Lab?
Down right now: Rusty's Lab, last spotted 4 hours back. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1. It was busiest at 03:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, with 1 players on average.
Join the server
What's the process to join Rusty's Lab?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 96.49.168.179:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.