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Rust Fever

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Offline · checked 13d ago · 157.85.86.56:28435

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Rust Fever, reached at 157.85.86.56:28435. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,156 of all servers, the top 70%. It last wiped 24d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/200% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,156top 70%
Last wipe24d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–too few wipes seen yet

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

No hourly history yet.
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 70% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep26 Sep3 Oct9 Oct16 Oct22 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak2players, last three wipes
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Sun 4 Oct, 22:1124d ago 2 – running 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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of Rust Fever
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 3000, seed 315848369. Open on RustMaps.
Table 4: The server's published settings.
Address157.85.86.56:28435
Region–
Max players20
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe4 Oct 2026, 22:11 UTC
Hostname–
First seen16 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size3000
Seed315848369

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are community tab servers measured [2] and upcoming Rust wipes [3].

Table 5: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 560 on average312/375
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average196/250
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 292 on average36/250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 291 on average23/250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 274 on average51/100
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 251 on average63/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1What location does Rust Fever have?

There is no region published for Rust Fever. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 157.85.86.56:28435.

A.2What is the reliability of Rust Fever, and is it online?

At the present moment, Rust Fever is offline; it was last seen 13 days 18 hours ago. The server was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. It was first observed on 16 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.3What is the Rust version for Rust Fever?

Rust Fever is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on the Linux operating system. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

A.4When are wipes carried out on Rust Fever?

Too few wipes by Rust Fever have been recorded to determine the pattern. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the date of the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server is wiped. The world currently in use was created 24 days 1 hours ago.

A.5What characterises wipe day on Rust Fever?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 2 players. The crowd reached its maximum 0 hours after the latest wipe.

Player count

A.6What position does Rust Fever occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts Rust Fever at #15,156, within the top 70% of ranked servers.

A.7How would you characterise the player activity on Rust Fever?

The last recorded sighting of Rust Fever was 13 days 18 hours ago; it is offline now.

Tags, lists

A.8How should the tags on Rust Fever be interpreted?

gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp20 (Max players): 20 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set: these are the tags Rust Fever publishes, and the server browser reads them. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

A.9Where can Rust Fever be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Rust Fever fits are: Rust community servers, measured. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Settings and map

A.10What are the settings and rules that govern Rust Fever?

The name of Rust Fever states no gather rate. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. Listed as survival, the game mode is the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Players may raid and fight one another. It is a community server, as the browser's Community listing shows. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.11What is the map for Rust Fever?

Size 3,000 and seed 315848369 define the procedural, game-generated map on Rust Fever. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

How to join

A.12What is the process for joining Rust Fever?

Enter client.connect 157.85.86.56:28435 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp20Max players. 20 slots are available.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2634Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2634.
cs166652Build. Build 166652 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.

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.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Community tab servers measured. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.