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Server For Friends

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Offline · checked 34d ago · 178.126.213.238:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Server For Friends, reached at 178.126.213.238:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,221 of all servers, the top 68%. It last wiped 36d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/50% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,221top 68%
Last wipe36d 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 68% 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
15k10k15k20k24 Sep25 Sep27 Sep28 Sep30 Sep1 Oct
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.
Address178.126.213.238:28015
Region–
Max players5
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe22 Sep 2026, 19:12 UTC
Hostname–
First seen24 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 player-run rust server list [2] and upcoming Rust wipes [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 · 555 on average136/250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average118/200
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 291 on average13/250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 286 on average20/250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 274 on average10/100
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 250 on average18/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1In which location is Server For Friends based?

A region is not published by Server For Friends. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 178.126.213.238:28015.

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 8 hours ago. The server was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 24 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 schedule

A.4When are wipes carried out on Server For Friends?

The record of Server For Friends's wipes is not yet sufficient to establish its rhythm. 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 36 days 8 hours ago.

Player count

A.5What position does Server For Friends occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts Server For Friends at #15,221, within the top 68% of ranked servers.

A.6At what level does Server For Friends operate in terms of players?

At this moment Server For Friends is offline, having last been seen 34 days 8 hours ago.

Tags and filters

A.7How should the tags on Server For Friends be interpreted?

Tags from Server For Friends, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp5 (Max players): The slot count is 5; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2633 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2633; your client must match it to join; cs165217 (Build): Build 165217 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

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

These Rust Statistics lists include Server For Friends: Rust community servers, measured. These filters on the server list return it: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Settings and map

A.9Under what rules and settings does Server For Friends operate?

No gather rate appears in the name of Server For Friends. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. It is a community server, as the browser's Community listing shows. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.10What map is in use on Server For Friends?

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

Connection

A.11What steps are required to join Server For Friends?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 178.126.213.238:28015. 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,cs165217,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp5Max players. The slot count is 5.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
v2633Protocol. The game protocol is 2633; your client must match it to join.
cs165217Build. Build 165217 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. A region code has not been 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. Player-run rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.