A Rust Server
198.244.178.216:5681 checked 19d 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, measured since 23 Sep. 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
Quick answers
Population
How busy is A Rust Server?
Currently A Rust Server is offline, having last been seen 19 days 12 hours ago.
How does A Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, A Rust Server is #16,402 for player hours, placing it in the top 71% of ranked servers globally.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Server?
Its rhythm is not yet clear from the wipes of A Rust Server on record. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. The map has been running for 21 days 12 hours.
Server
Is A Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now A Rust Server is offline, with the most recent sighting 19 days 12 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 0% uptime. The earliest record When Is Wipe has is 23 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does A Rust Server run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux is what A Rust Server runs. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is A Rust Server located?
No region is published by A Rust Server. When Is Wipe shows the location a server claims; it does not look up the machine's actual location. 198.244.178.216:5681 is its address.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include A Rust Server? And filters?
These When Is Wipe lists include A Rust Server: Best modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on A Rust Server mean?
gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): Capacity is 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default; v2633 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2633; a version mismatch blocks joining; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings are the tags A Rust Server publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Map and rules
What rules does A Rust Server enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in A Rust Server's name. The group limit is 8 players, the default. The game mode for this server is survival, standard survival: gathering, building, raiding. You can fight and raid other players. Listed as Modded, it uses plugins or settings that change the game. Oxide plugins are used. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does A Rust Server run?
A procedural map, size 3,000 with seed 99238, is used by A Rust Server; the game generates it. With the same size and seed, the map is identical and can be seen on RustMaps from here.
Join
How do I join A Rust Server?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 198.244.178.216:5681 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode This server runs standard Rust survival.
mp40- Max players Capacity is 40 slots.
ts8- Group limit Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default.
v2633- Protocol The server runs game protocol 2633; a version mismatch blocks joining.
cs165217- Build The game build is 165217.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game.
$r?- Region code The server has no region code.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
^z- Modded Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings.
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.