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Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative, reached at 67.160.164.177:28015 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 1 of 25 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 31. It ranks #6,110 of all servers, the top 27%, and #991 in NA. It last wiped 27d ago.

Keywordsmodded carbon

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now1/254% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak 3, 48 h peak 3
Rank2#6,110top 27%; #991 in NA
Last wipe27d 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.

AveragePeak
0123414:0023:0008:0016:0002:0011:00
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
010020030040014:0023:0008:0016:0002:0011:00
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 23 Oct.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 27% of all ranked servers, the top 53% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k23 Oct24 Oct25 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 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

Map of Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative
Figure 4: The map: Procedural Map, size 5000, seed 1478356307. Open on RustMaps.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address67.160.164.177:28015
RegionNA
Max players25
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe1 Oct 2026, 20:08 UTC
Hostname–
First seen23 Oct 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size5000
Seed1478356307

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are North America server population [2], modded Rust servers listed live [3], build server population list [4], servers with creative in the name [5] and Rust wipe forecast [6].

Table 4: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
[NA] Builders Sanctuary 3.0 Creative | Sandbox | Minigames |NA · groups of 8+ · 90 on average52/999
Intoxicated US Sandbox - Creative | Build | NoclipNA · groups of 8+ · 13 on average8/150
RGB Creative Build | US Sandbox | Save/Load, Symmetry, BGradeNA · groups of 100+ · monthly · 7 on average3/200
Together We Rust | Build ServerNA · groups of 8+ · 2 on average5/125
Builders Like UsNA · groups of 32+ · monthly · 2 on average5/100
[NA] Echo Rust - SandboxNA · groups of 32+ · weekly · 2 on average1/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Does Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative perform well?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 80, with a minimum of 10. The highest number of entities it carried was 165,833, comprising buildings, deployables and all other objects. The peak memory usage was 4,754 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2What is the location of Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative?

North America is where Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative lists itself, using the NA tag. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 67.160.164.177:28015 is its address.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative?

At the present moment, Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 5 days 18 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (5 days) was 99%, with 119 of 120 hours online. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 23 October 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative runs, on Linux. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe timing

A.5What schedule does Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative follow for wipes?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes for Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative to reveal 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 27 days 16 hours ago.

Population

A.6How does Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

On player hours over seven days Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative is #6,110, within the top 27% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #991.

A.7How would you characterise the player activity on Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative?

On Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative, 1 of the 25 slots are occupied at present. Averaged over the last seven days: 0 players; the same period peaks at 3. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 04:00 UTC, with an average of 2 players.

Tags and filters

A.8How should the tags on Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative be interpreted?

Tags from Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative, read by the game's server browser, are gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp25 (Max players): The slot count is 25; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^r (Roleplay): Roleplay is the server's purpose; ^c (Creative): Sandbox building: nothing is gathered, and you build freely; ^k (Build server): Base design and practice; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for its plugins; NA (North America): The server browser lists this server under North America. 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 Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Modded Rust servers, Build and creative servers in Rust, Rust servers tagged creative, Rust roleplay servers, measured and North American server statistics are the Rust Statistics lists that Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative fits. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Roleplay ^r, Creative ^c, Build server ^k, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Rules, settings, map

A.10Which settings and rules are in force on Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative?

No gather rate appears in the name of Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative. The group cap is 8 players, which is the default in the game. The mode is build & creative, which means building in a sandbox, gathering excluded. It appears under Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins number Carbon on this server. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.11On which map does Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative take place?

The game generates Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative's procedural map at size 5,000, from seed 1478356307. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.

How to join

A.12What steps are required to join Covert Gaming | New Horizons | Creative?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 67.160.164.177:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/d9zJY8z.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp25,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^r,^c,^k,NA,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmvanillaGame mode. The mode is vanilla survival.
mp25Max players. The slot count is 25.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
v2635Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
cs168909Build. This server runs game build 168909.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is set.
Gameplay
^rRoleplay. Roleplay is the server's purpose.
^cCreative. Sandbox building: nothing is gathered, and you build freely.
^kBuild server. Base design and practice.
Mods and access
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
^yCarbon. This server uses Carbon for its plugins.
Region
NANorth America. The server browser lists this server under North America.

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.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

NEW HORIZONS | CREATIVE | BUILD Everything you need in a creative server. Type /help to get started! Join our Discord → https://discord.covertgaming.org

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. North America server population. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Modded Rust servers listed live. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Build server population list. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-build-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Servers with creative in the name. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-creative-servers.
  6. [6]Rust Statistics. Rust wipe forecast. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.