Scientist Rust
5.79.72.113:28015 checked 20d 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 64% 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.
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Quick answers
Population
How busy is Scientist Rust?
At present Scientist Rust shows as offline; its last appearance was 20 days 11 hours ago.
How does Scientist Rust rank against other Rust servers?
For player hours in the last seven days, Scientist Rust holds rank #13,933 and is in the top 64% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Scientist Rust?
Its rhythm is not yet clear from the wipes of Scientist Rust 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 24 days 10 hours.
Server
Is Scientist Rust online, and how reliable is it?
Live status for Scientist Rust: offline, last seen 20 days 11 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 0% uptime. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 23 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Scientist Rust run?
On Scientist Rust, the Rust version is network protocol 2633 and build 164530 and the OS is Windows. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is Scientist Rust located?
For Scientist Rust, no region is published. When Is Wipe does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 5.79.72.113:28015 is its address.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include Scientist Rust? And filters?
Community Rust servers are the When Is Wipe lists that Scientist Rust fits. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Scientist Rust mean?
These are the tags Scientist Rust publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival is the game mode; mp500 (Max players): Capacity is 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: to join, your game must match this version; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set for this server. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Map and rules
What rules does Scientist Rust enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in Scientist Rust's name. The group limit is 8 players, the default. The game mode for this server is survival, standard survival: gathering, building, raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. This is a community server, in the Community list. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, on.
Which map does Scientist Rust run?
Scientist Rust uses a procedural map from the game's generator.
How to join
How do I join Scientist Rust?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 5.79.72.113:28015 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival is the game mode.
mp500- Max players Capacity is 500 slots.
ts8- Group limit Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default.
v2633- Protocol Protocol 2633: to join, your game must match this version.
cs164530- Build The game build is 164530.
ptrak- Networking This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer.
$r?- Region code A region code is not set for this server.
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.