RS-15961Community server
A Rust Server
Offline 159.196.216.2:20001 checked 7d ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 7 Oct, 03:24 UTC7d ago | 0 | – | running | 1 |
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Player activity
How many players are usually on A Rust Server?
A Rust Server is offline at this moment; the last signal was 7 days 10 hours ago. Over the past seven days, the average player count was 0.
Where does A Rust Server sit in the rankings?
On player hours across seven days, A Rust Server is #15,961, inside the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Server tags and lists
Where does A Rust Server appear among the Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
These Top Rust Servers lists include A Rust Server: Best Rust community servers. These are the filters that 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 2 weeks.
How should you read the tags on A Rust Server?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival follows the standard Rust ruleset; mp40 (Max players): There are 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): This server runs protocol 2634; match it to connect; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): Region code not set are the tags A Rust Server publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The top of this page also shows the time its world was made, its queue, and its players now, all from the tags.
Map and rules
What is the map on A Rust Server?
A procedural map, created by the game, is in use on A Rust Server.
What settings and rules does A Rust Server use?
You will not find a gather rate in the name A Rust Server. Up to 8 players per group, as the game defaults. It runs survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser shows it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
About the server
What is the Rust version on A Rust Server?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is what A Rust Server runs, on Linux. The protocol must match for you to join; Steam will update your game.
What is the server location for A Rust Server?
A region is not published by A Rust Server. What Top Rust Servers shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. It answers at 159.196.216.2:20001.
Is A Rust Server currently online?
A Rust Server is offline now; the last time it was seen was 7 days 10 hours ago. It spent 2 of the last 168 hours online across 7 days, giving 1% uptime. Its first appearance in Top Rust Servers was on 1 October 2026.
Wipe cycle
What can you expect on wipe day on A Rust Server?
Across recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 0 players. The peak of the latest wipe came 0 hours after it began.
On what schedule does A Rust Server wipe?
Too few wipes are recorded for A Rust Server to establish a rhythm. Every Rust server is wiped by the force wipe each month; the next occurs on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The present world has been live since 7 days 11 hours ago.
How to join
How can I connect to A Rust Server?
To connect manually, open the console with F1 and type client.connect 159.196.216.2:20001. Or click Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect directly.