The lab
202.36.95.61:28015 checked 14m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 40% 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.
- usual gap
- 3 days between real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 100% of its cycles kept half the crowd
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:45 UTCFW 11d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 21:00 UTC 14d ago | 1 | held half | 3 days | 0 |
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.
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Quick answers
Population
How busy is The lab?
The lab is holding 2 of its 20 slots at the moment. A seven-day average of 0 players, with a peak of 3. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 18:00 UTC, when the average was 2 players.
How does The lab rank against other Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, The lab is #8,888 for player hours, placing it in the top 40% of ranked servers globally.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on The lab?
Its recent wipes drew an average busiest crowd of 1 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours passed before the crowd peaked. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on The lab?
Its rhythm is not yet clear from the wipes of The lab on record. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when all Rust servers wipe. 11 days 23 hours is how long the present world has lasted.
Server
Is The lab online, and how reliable is it?
Right now The lab is up and online. It reports an uptime that puts the last restart at about 5 minutes ago. 168 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 100% uptime. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 13 September 2026.
Performance of The lab: does it run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, average server fps was 189, and it never dropped below 4. The highest entity count was 81,555, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use reached 3,794 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does The lab run?
On The lab, the Rust version is network protocol 2634 and build 167781 and the OS is Linux. Your game must match the protocol to connect, and Steam keeps it updated.
Where is The lab located?
There is no region published for The lab. When Is Wipe does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 202.36.95.61:28015 is its address.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include The lab? And filters?
The When Is Wipe lists The lab fits are: Best modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on The lab mean?
These are the tags The lab publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp20 (Max players): The server holds 20 players; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size applies: 8 maximum; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set for this server; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Listed under Modded, with plugins or changed settings. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Rules, map
What rules does The lab enforce? And settings?
The name of The lab does not state a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the default. standard survival: gathering, building, raiding That is the game mode: survival. You can fight and raid other players. In the Modded list, the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are used. VAC is on.
Which map does The lab run?
The lab runs a procedural map of size 3,750 with seed 822215108, generated by the game. With the same size and seed, the map is identical and can be seen on RustMaps from here.
How to join
How do I join The lab?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 202.36.95.61:28015 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode This server runs standard Rust survival.
mp20- Max players The server holds 20 players.
ts8- Group limit Default team size applies: 8 maximum.
v2634- Protocol Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs167781- Build Build 167781.
ptrak- Networking This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer.
$r?- Region code A region code is not set for this server.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework.
^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.