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Private Friends Server

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Offline · checked 34d ago · 74.196.65.246:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Private Friends Server, reached at 74.196.65.246:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #13,593 of all servers, the top 60%. It last wiped 44d 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/?no limit published
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#13,593top 60%
Last wipe44d 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 60% 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 Sep24 Sep26 Sep27 Sep29 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.
Address74.196.65.246:28015
Region–
Max players–
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe14 Sep 2026, 16:20 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 modded servers by player count [2] and upcoming Rust wipes [3].

Table 4: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
ShockRust | Blue | NoLimitno group limit · 157 on average53/500
МИНИ-КАРТА 2Х | STORM | FPS+ 28.10EU · groups of 8+ · weekly · 128 on average125/100
RETRO RUST #1 Х1000|NOLIMIT|LOOT++|KIT WIPE 27.10EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 117 on average44/225
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|EU MAIN 25.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 92 on average54/700
RustSpain.com | EU MainEU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 88 on average8/200
404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РУССКИЙ 24.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 84 on average8/1000

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1What location does Private Friends Server have?

A region is not published by Private Friends Server. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 74.196.65.246:28015.

A.2What is the reliability of Private Friends Server, and is it online?

Private Friends Server is currently offline, with the last sighting 34 days 1 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 0%, with 0 of 168 hours online. It was first observed on 22 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.3What is the Rust version for Private Friends Server?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version that Private Friends Server runs, on Windows. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

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

Too few wipes by Private Friends Server have been recorded to determine the pattern. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the date of the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server is wiped. 44 days 7 hours have passed since the current world was generated.

Population

A.5What is the rank of Private Friends Server among Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, Private Friends Server holds #13,593, in the top 60% of all ranked servers.

A.6What is the population level of Private Friends Server?

At this moment Private Friends Server is offline, having last been seen 34 days 1 hours ago.

Tags and filters

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

Tags from Private Friends Server, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp0 (Max players): 0 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; 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; ^z (Modded): The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for its plugins. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

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

The Rust Statistics lists that Private Friends Server fits are: Modded Rust servers. You will find it on the server list filtered by: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Settings and map

A.9What are the settings and rules that govern Private Friends Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Private Friends Server. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. survival is the game mode here; gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. It appears under Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins number Carbon on this server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

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

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

How to join

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

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 74.196.65.246:28015. 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 mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8,^z,^y.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp0Max players. 0 slots are available.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
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.
Mods and access
^zModded. The game is altered by plugins or settings, so it is listed as Modded.
^yCarbon. This server uses Carbon for its plugins.

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. Modded servers by player count. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.