Server For Friends
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 1/ 5 20% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪n/a no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak –
- Rank
- #13,187 top 57%
- Rank · 7d ago
- #10,909 ▼2278 places down
- Last wipe
- 21d ago no schedule published
- Next wipe
- – no wipe seen yet
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 1 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- – Procedural Map
- First seen
- 22 Sep 2026 no hostname published
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 408 on average | 164/200 | ▼−2−1.4% | |
| 2 | Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 357 on average | 95/200 | ▼−4−3.6% | |
| 3 | Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 339 on average | 348/400 | ▲+57+19.5% | |
| 4 | Rustoria.co - EU LongEU · groups of 14+ · monthly · 335 on average | 97/200 | ▲+6+6.0% | |
| 5 | Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 299 on average | 18/250 | ▼−8−30.3% | |
| 6 | Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 282 on average | 90/125 | ▲+17+24.1% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageRules & Settings
What settings and rules are in place on Server For Friends?
No gather rate is given in the name of Server For Friends. Up to 8 players per group, which is the game's default. survival is the mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. You will find it under Community in the server browser: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Which map is played on Server For Friends?
Server For Friends uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
Player Count
Where does Server For Friends sit in the rankings?
In the top 57% of all ranked servers, Server For Friends is #13,187 on player hours over the last seven days.
How many players does Server For Friends have?
At present, Server For Friends is offline; the last sighting was 21 days 7 hours ago.
Wipe Schedule
On what cycle does Server For Friends wipe?
There are too few wipes on record for Server For Friends to reveal its rhythm. At the monthly force wipe, every Rust server wipes. That happens next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 21 days 9 hours ago the current world was created.
Server Overview
What is the server location for Server For Friends?
No region is published by Server For Friends. Where a server says it is, Rust Analytics shows; where the machine stands, it does not look up. You can reach it at 178.126.198.6:28015.
Server For Friends runs which version of Rust?
The build is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows, running on Server For Friends. Joining requires the same protocol on your game, which Steam updates.
What is the uptime and reliability of Server For Friends?
No response from Server For Friends. It was last seen 21 days 7 hours ago. 7 full days have passed with 0% uptime, 0 of 168 hours. 22 September 2026 is when Rust Analytics first saw it.
Server Tags
How should you interpret the tags on Server For Friends?
The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Rust's standard survival mode; mp5 (Max players): Slot count: 5; ts8 (Group limit): Team size stays at the game default of 8; v2633 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2633 to connect; cs165217 (Build): Build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the network layer the game ships with; $r? (Region code): The region code is absent, which Server For Friends publishes. Also in the tags and at the top of this page: current players, queue and world creation time.
Where does Server For Friends show up in Rust Analytics lists and filters?
These Rust Analytics lists include Server For Friends: Rust community servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
How to Join
What is the process to join Server For Friends?
Type client.connect 178.126.198.6:28015 after pressing F1 in Rust to open the console. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp5
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
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.