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Local Practice Server

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Offline · checked 21h ago · 98.96.17.130:28015

Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Local Practice Server, reached at 98.96.17.130:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 11. It ranks #6,666 of all servers, the top 30%. It last wiped 3d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/100% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak 1, 48 h peak 1
Rank2#6,666top 30%
Last wipe3d 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
00.250.50.75123:0003:0013:0016:0020:0000:00
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
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 30% 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
12.5k5k7.5k10k25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 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.
Address98.96.17.130:28015
Region–
Max players10
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe25 Oct 2026, 05:11 UTC
Hostname–
First seen25 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 unmodded rust community servers [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 · 554 on average445/500
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 318 on average275/300
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 295 on average41/250
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 294 on average34/250
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 273 on average81/100
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 252 on average99/200

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1In which location is Local Practice Server based?

A region is not published by Local Practice Server. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. 98.96.17.130:28015 is its address.

A.2How reliable is Local Practice Server, and is it currently online?

At the present moment, Local Practice Server is offline; it was last seen 21 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (2 days) was 56%, with 27 of 48 hours online. It was first observed on 25 October 2026 by Rust Statistics.

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

Local Practice Server is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Windows operating system. 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 Local Practice Server?

Too few wipes by Local Practice 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. 3 days 17 hours have passed since the current world was generated.

Player count

A.5How does Local Practice Server compare with other Rust servers in the rankings?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts Local Practice Server at #6,666, within the top 30% of ranked servers.

A.6How would you characterise the player activity on Local Practice Server?

Local Practice Server is not online now; 21 hours have passed since it was last seen. The peak over seven days is 1, against an average of 0. Averaging 1 players, 20:00 UTC was the busiest hour of the past 48.

Tags, lists

A.7What do the tags associated with Local Practice Server signify?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp10 (Max players): It offers 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635; 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, which Local Practice Server 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.8Where can Local Practice Server be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that Local Practice Server fits are: 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 week.

Settings and map

A.9Which settings and rules are in force on Local Practice Server?

Its name carries no gather rate for Local Practice Server. At 8 players, the group limit equals the game's default. Listed as survival, the game mode is gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. The server has VAC on, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.10What is the map for Local Practice Server?

On Local Practice Server the terrain is procedural, built by the game itself.

How to join

A.11What is the process for joining Local Practice Server?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 98.96.17.130:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8.

Table 5: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp10Max players. It offers 10 slots.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
v2635Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2635.
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.

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. Unmodded rust community servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.