Josh's Rust Server

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Offline · checked 32d ago · 173.250.132.166:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Josh's Rust Server, reached at 173.250.132.166:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 0¹. It ranks #16,964 of all servers, the top 71%. It last wiped 37d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	0/5	0% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	0	peak –
Rank²	#16,964	top 71%
Last wipe	37d ago	no 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 71% 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

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.

Measure	Value	Note
Wipe-day peak	2	players, last three wipes

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)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Mon 21 Sep, 23:3037d ago	2	–	running	1

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

No map picture published

Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map.

Table 4: The server's published settings.

Address	`173.250.132.166:28015`
Region	–
Max players	5
Group limit	8, the default
Wipe schedule	–
Last wipe	21 Sep 2026, 23:30 UTC
Hostname	–
First seen	20 Sep 2026
Map	Procedural Map
Size	–
Seed	–

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are unmodded rust community servers [2] and predicted wipe schedule [3].

Table 5: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
Rusty Moose \|EU Mondays\|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 510 on average	316/375
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 317 on average	433/475
Rusty Moose \|EU Main\|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 281 on average	959/1000
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 276 on average	48/100
eulongtest (private perf box)EU · groups of 14+ · monthly · 267 on average	0/8
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 266 on average	984/1000

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1In which location is Josh's Rust Server based?

A region is not published by Josh's Rust Server. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 173.250.132.166:28015 is its address.

A.2How reliable is Josh's Rust Server, and is it currently online?

Right now, Josh's Rust Server is offline, and the last time it was seen was 32 days 5 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 0%, with 0 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 20 September 2026.

A.3What version of Rust is run on Josh's Rust Server?

The version of Rust on Josh's Rust Server is network protocol 2633 and build 164530, and the operating system is Windows. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

A.4What schedule does Josh's Rust Server follow for wipes?

The record of Josh's Rust Server's wipes is not yet sufficient to establish its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes place on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC and clears all Rust servers. The world currently in use was created 37 days 19 hours ago.

A.5What happens on Josh's Rust Server when wipe day arrives?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 2 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it began.

Player count

A.6What is the rank of Josh's Rust Server among Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, Josh's Rust Server holds #16,964, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.

A.7At what level does Josh's Rust Server operate in terms of players?

The last recorded sighting of Josh's Rust Server was 32 days 5 hours ago; it is offline now.

Tags, lists

A.8What do the tags associated with Josh's Rust Server signify?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp5 (Max players): It offers 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2633 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2633 to connect; cs164530 (Build): Build 164530 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset, which Josh's Rust Server publishes as its tags. 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 Josh's Rust Server be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust community servers, measured are the Rust Statistics lists that Josh's Rust Server fits. 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 Josh's Rust Server?

The name of Josh's Rust Server 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. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. It is a community server, as the browser's Community listing shows. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.11What is the map for Josh's Rust Server?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Josh's Rust Server runs.

How to join

A.12What steps are required to join Josh's Rust Server?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 173.250.132.166:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
Game
`gmrust`	Game mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
`mp5`	Max players. It offers 5 slots.
`ts8`	Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
`v2633`	Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2633 to connect.
`cs164530`	Build. Build 164530 is the one running.
`ptrak`	Networking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
`$r?`	Region code. The region code is unset.

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]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. Unmodded rust community servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Predicted wipe schedule. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.