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Server For Friends

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Offline · checked 34d ago · 178.126.198.6:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Server For Friends, reached at 178.126.198.6:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #13,187 of all servers, the top 57%. It last wiped 35d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now1/520% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#13,187top 57%
Last wipe35d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–no wipe 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 57% 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
15k10k15k20k22 Sep23 Sep25 Sep26 Sep28 Sep29 Sep
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule

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

5.2History

Table 2: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
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. 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 4: The map: Procedural Map.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address178.126.198.6:28015
Region–
Max players5
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe22 Sep 2026, 19:12 UTC
Hostname–
First seen22 Sep 2026
MapProcedural 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 Rust wipe forecast [3].

Table 4: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 504 on average709/750
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 345 on average55/250
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 340 on average101/250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 314 on average415/450
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 280 on average225/250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 259 on average179/250

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1What location does Server For Friends have?

A region is not published by Server For Friends. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. 178.126.198.6:28015 is its address.

A.2How reliable is Server For Friends, and is it currently online?

Right now, Server For Friends is offline, and the last time it was seen was 34 days 23 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 0%, with 0 of 168 hours online. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 22 September 2026.

A.3What version of Rust is run on Server For Friends?

The version of Rust on Server For Friends is network protocol 2633 and build 165217, and the operating system is Windows. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe timing

A.4What schedule does Server For Friends follow for wipes?

The record of Server For Friends'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 35 days 1 hours ago.

Player count

A.5How does Server For Friends compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, Server For Friends holds #13,187, in the top 57% of all ranked servers.

A.6How would you characterise the player activity on Server For Friends?

Server For Friends is not online now; 34 days 23 hours have passed since it was last seen.

Tags, lists

A.7What do the tags associated with Server For Friends signify?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp5 (Max players): It offers 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2633 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2633 to connect; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset, which Server For Friends publishes as its tags. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.8Where can Server For Friends be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust community servers, measured are the Rust Statistics lists that Server For Friends 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.

Rules, settings, map

A.9Which settings and rules are in force on Server For Friends?

Its name carries no gather rate for Server For Friends. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. Community is its category in the server browser. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.10What is the map for Server For Friends?

On Server For Friends the terrain is procedural, built by the game itself.

How to join

A.11What is the process for joining Server For Friends?

Enter client.connect 178.126.198.6:28015 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp5Max players. It offers 5 slots.
ts8Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
v2633Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2633 to connect.
cs165217Build. The game build is 165217.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in 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. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Unmodded rust community servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.