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The Gateway Lounge

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Offline · checked 9d ago · 87.212.105.104:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Gateway Lounge, reached at 87.212.105.104:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #13,717 of all servers, the top 62%. It last wiped 12d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/10% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#13,717top 62%
Last wipe12d 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 62% 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
15k10k15k20k16 Oct18 Oct20 Oct22 Oct24 Oct26 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.
Address87.212.105.104:28015
Region–
Max players1
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe16 Oct 2026, 12:32 UTC
Hostname–
First seen16 Oct 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 busiest community rust servers [2] and servers wiping soon [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 · 560 on average166/250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average119/200
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 291 on average19/250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 288 on average15/250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 274 on average18/100
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 250 on average25/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1In which location is The Gateway Lounge based?

A region is not published by The Gateway Lounge. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. 87.212.105.104:28015 is its address.

A.2What is the online status and reliability of The Gateway Lounge?

The Gateway Lounge is currently offline, with the last sighting 9 days 5 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 0%, with 0 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 16 October 2026.

A.3What is the Rust version for The Gateway Lounge?

The version of Rust on The Gateway Lounge is network protocol 2634 and build 167781, and the operating system is Windows. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe timing

A.4When are wipes carried out on The Gateway Lounge?

Too few wipes by The Gateway Lounge 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. The world currently in use was created 12 days 13 hours ago.

Player count

A.5What is the rank of The Gateway Lounge among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts The Gateway Lounge at #13,717, within the top 62% of ranked servers.

A.6At what level does The Gateway Lounge operate in terms of players?

At this moment The Gateway Lounge is offline, having last been seen 9 days 5 hours ago.

Tags, lists

A.7How should the tags on The Gateway Lounge be interpreted?

gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival on vanilla rules; mp1 (Max players): It offers 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset: these are the tags The Gateway Lounge publishes, and the server browser reads them. 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 The Gateway Lounge be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include The Gateway Lounge: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Rules, settings, map

A.9What are the settings and rules that govern The Gateway Lounge?

No gather rate appears in the name of The Gateway Lounge. The group cap is 8 players, which is the default in the game. The mode is survival, which means the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. Community is its category in the server browser. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.10What map is in use on The Gateway Lounge?

The game generates the map on The Gateway Lounge; that format is procedural.

How to join

A.11What steps are required to join The Gateway Lounge?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 87.212.105.104:28015. 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs167781,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmvanillaGame mode. Survival on vanilla rules.
mp1Max players. It offers 1 slots.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2634Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2634.
cs167781Build. Build 167781 is the one running.
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. Busiest community rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.