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Rust Local Practice

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Offline · checked 21d ago · 98.96.166.16:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Rust Local Practice, reached at 98.96.166.16:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #13,777 of all servers, the top 61%. It last wiped 21d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now1/1100% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#13,777top 61%
Last wipe21d 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.

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 61% 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
15k10k15k20k6 Oct7 Oct9 Oct10 Oct12 Oct13 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 peak1players, last three wipes
00.250.50.751+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 1, 0 hours in.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Tue 6 Oct, 00:4521d ago 1 – running 1

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.
Address98.96.166.16:28015
Region–
Max players1
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe6 Oct 2026, 00:45 UTC
Hostname–
First seen6 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 upcoming Rust wipes [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 · 515 on average517/625
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 338 on average31/250
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 335 on average49/250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 317 on average262/325
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 279 on average101/200
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 262 on average113/150

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1What is the location of Rust Local Practice?

A region is not published by Rust Local Practice. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 98.96.166.16:28015 is its address.

A.2What is the reliability of Rust Local Practice, and is it online?

At the present moment, Rust Local Practice is offline; it was last seen 21 days 21 hours ago. The server was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 6 October 2026.

A.3What is the Rust version for Rust Local Practice?

The version of Rust on Rust Local Practice is network protocol 2634 and build 166652, and the operating system is Windows. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe timing

A.4When are wipes carried out on Rust Local Practice?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes for Rust Local Practice 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 21 days 22 hours ago.

A.5What characterises wipe day on Rust Local Practice?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 1 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it began.

Population

A.6What is the rank of Rust Local Practice among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts Rust Local Practice at #13,777, within the top 61% of ranked servers.

A.7What is the population level of Rust Local Practice?

The last recorded sighting of Rust Local Practice was 21 days 21 hours ago; it is offline now.

Tags and filters

A.8What is the meaning of the tags on Rust Local Practice?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp1 (Max players): It offers 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634; your client must match it to join; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set, which Rust Local Practice 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 Local Practice be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust community servers, measured are the Rust Statistics lists that Rust Local Practice fits. 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.10Which settings and rules are in force on Rust Local Practice?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust Local Practice. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. survival is the game mode here; gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. Community is its category in the server browser. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.11What map is in use on Rust Local Practice?

The game generates the map on Rust Local Practice; that format is procedural.

Connection

A.12What is the process for joining Rust Local Practice?

Enter client.connect 98.96.166.16:28015 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 mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp1Max players. It offers 1 slots.
ts8Group limit. Teams are limited to 8, as the game defaults.
v2634Protocol. The game protocol is 2634; your client must match it to join.
cs166652Build. Build 166652 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. A region code has not been 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. Busiest community rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.