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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server rust.luthor.consulting, reached at 178.18.252.99:28015. At the last check it held 0 of 50 places, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,409 of all servers, the top 69%. It last wiped 42d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/500% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,409top 69%
Last wipe42d 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.

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0018:0004:0013:0022:00
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 69% 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 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 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 peak0players, last three wipes
01234+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 0, 0 hours in.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Tue 15 Sep, 16:0542d ago 0 – 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

No map picture published
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map.
Table 4: The server's published settings.
Address178.18.252.99:28015
Region–
Max players50
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe15 Sep 2026, 16:05 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 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 community tab servers measured [2] and Rust wipe forecast [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 · 520 on average459/525
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 336 on average28/250
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 333 on average48/250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 317 on average212/275
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 279 on average79/200
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 263 on average94/150

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1What is the location of rust.luthor.consulting?

No region is published by rust.luthor.consulting. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 178.18.252.99:28015 is its address.

A.2What is the reliability of rust.luthor.consulting, and is it online?

At the present moment, rust.luthor.consulting is online. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were served, an availability of 100%. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.3What is the Rust version for rust.luthor.consulting?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 is the version that rust.luthor.consulting runs, on Linux. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

A.4When are wipes carried out on rust.luthor.consulting?

The record of rust.luthor.consulting'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. 42 days 7 hours have passed since the current world was generated.

A.5What happens on rust.luthor.consulting when wipe day arrives?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 0 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it began.

Player count

A.6What position does rust.luthor.consulting occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, rust.luthor.consulting holds #15,409, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

A.7At what level does rust.luthor.consulting operate in terms of players?

At this moment 0 players are on rust.luthor.consulting, which has 50 slots in total. The mean population for the last seven days is 0.

Tags, lists

A.8What is the meaning of the tags on rust.luthor.consulting?

The game's server browser reads gmvanilla (Game mode): This is survival in its vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): The slot count is 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2633 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2633; cs163794 (Build): The game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset, which rust.luthor.consulting 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.9Where can rust.luthor.consulting be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include rust.luthor.consulting: 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.

Rules, settings, map

A.10What are the settings and rules that govern rust.luthor.consulting?

Its name carries no gather rate for rust.luthor.consulting. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Players may raid and fight one another. Community is its category in the server browser. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.11On which map does rust.luthor.consulting take place?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is what rust.luthor.consulting runs.

How to join

A.12What is the process for joining rust.luthor.consulting?

Enter client.connect 178.18.252.99:28015 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmvanilla,cs163794,ts8.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmvanillaGame mode. This is survival in its vanilla form.
mp50Max players. The slot count is 50.
ts8Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
v2633Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2633.
cs163794Build. The game build is 163794.
ptrakNetworking. 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. [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. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.