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The Band of Retards

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Offline · checked 29d ago · 98.191.113.5:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Band of Retards, reached at 98.191.113.5:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #16,924 of all servers, the top 71%. It last wiped 48d 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#16,924top 71%
Last wipe48d 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, measured since 19 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 71% 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 Sep23 Sep26 Sep29 Sep2 Oct5 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 The Band of Retards
Figure 4: The map: Procedural Map, size 4500, seed 6738. Open on RustMaps.
Table 3: The server's published settings.
Address98.191.113.5:28015
Region–
Max players50
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe9 Sep 2026, 21:39 UTC
Hostname–
First seen18 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size4500
Seed6738

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 next Rust wipe times [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 · 552 on average636/675
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 318 on average485/525
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 299 on average59/250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 298 on average36/250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 270 on average138/200
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 256 on average255/300

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1What is the location of The Band of Retards?

A region is not published by The Band of Retards. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 98.191.113.5:28015.

A.2What is the online status and reliability of The Band of Retards?

At the present moment, The Band of Retards is offline; it was last seen 29 days 21 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 0 were served, an availability of 0%. It was first observed on 18 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.3What version of Rust is run on The Band of Retards?

The Band of Retards is running Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on the Linux operating system. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe timing

A.4On what cycle does The Band of Retards wipe?

The record of The Band of Retards'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 current world has been running for 48 days 21 hours.

Population

A.5What position does The Band of Retards occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts The Band of Retards at #16,924, within the top 71% of ranked servers.

A.6What is the population level of The Band of Retards?

The Band of Retards is not online now; 29 days 21 hours have passed since it was last seen.

Tags and filters

A.7What do the tags associated with The Band of Retards signify?

Tags from The Band of Retards, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp50 (Max players): 50 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; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.8Where can The Band of Retards be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust community servers, measured are the Rust Statistics lists that The Band of Retards fits. 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.9Which settings and rules are in force on The Band of Retards?

The name of The Band of Retards states no gather rate. 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. Players may raid and fight one another. It is a community server, as the browser's Community listing shows. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.10On which map does The Band of Retards take place?

The game generates The Band of Retards's procedural map at size 4,500, from seed 6738. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.

Connection

A.11What steps are required to join The Band of Retards?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 98.191.113.5:28015. 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp50Max players. 50 slots are available.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
v2633Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2633 to connect.
cs164530Build. The game build is 164530.
ptrakNetworking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?Region code. No region code is 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. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.