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
98.97.63.98:28015
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
- 98.97.63.98:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Jul 2026, 06:01 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 3 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 Neolithic's rules and configuration?
No gather rate appears in the name of Neolithic. 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. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Neolithic?
A procedural map is in use on Neolithic, made by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Neolithic?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp10 (Max players): 10 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2627 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2627 or the door stays shut; cs155243 (Build): Build 155243; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags Neolithic puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does Neolithic appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Neolithic: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
What's the physical location of Neolithic?
No region is published by Neolithic. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 98.97.63.98:28015.
How reliable is Neolithic?
Last seen 13 hours ago, Neolithic is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 4 full days came to 88%, 84 hours from 96. 3 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does Neolithic have?
Rust network protocol 2627 and build 155243 on Linux: that is Neolithic. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
When does Neolithic wipe?
The record holds too few of Neolithic's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 97 days 18 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
What's Neolithic's rank among Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Neolithic at #16,685, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
Is Neolithic busy?
Offline. Neolithic was last seen 13 hours ago. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
How to join
What's the process to join Neolithic?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 98.97.63.98:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2627,gmrust,cs155243,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.