Scientist Rust
78.31.178.38:28015 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 60% 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 Scientist Rust?
At present Scientist Rust shows as offline; its last appearance was 20 days 14 hours ago.
How does Scientist Rust rank against other Rust servers?
For player hours in the last seven days, Scientist Rust holds rank #13,198 and is in the top 60% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Scientist Rust?
The rhythm of Scientist Rust cannot yet be told: too few of its wipes are 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 details
Is Scientist Rust online, and how reliable is it?
The server Scientist Rust is offline as of the latest check; last seen 20 days 14 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 19 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Scientist Rust run?
The Rust version for Scientist Rust is network protocol 2633 and build 164530, on Windows. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is Scientist Rust located?
No region is published by Scientist Rust. When Is Wipe shows the location a server claims; it does not look up the machine's actual location. You can reach it at 78.31.178.38:28015.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include Scientist Rust? And filters?
These When Is Wipe lists include Scientist Rust: Community Rust servers. 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): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): The server holds 500 players; 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; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code. Also in the tags, and displayed at the top of this page, are its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
Rules, map
What rules does Scientist Rust enforce? And settings?
Scientist Rust's name makes no mention of a gather rate. Under the default setting, groups are limited to 8 players. gather, build and raid, as standard That is the game mode: survival. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community, it is a community server. VAC is on.
Which map does Scientist Rust run?
The map on Scientist Rust is procedural, created by the game.
Join
How do I join Scientist Rust?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 78.31.178.38:28015 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8
Game
gmrust- Game mode This server runs standard Rust survival.
mp500- Max players The server holds 500 players.
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.
cs164530- Build The game build is 164530.
ptrak- Networking This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer.
$r?- Region code The server has no region code.
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.