Scientist Rust
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 1/ 500 0% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪n/a no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak –
- Rank
- #13,198 top 60%
- Rank · 7d ago
- #10,671 ▼2527 places down
- Last wipe
- 24d 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
- 19 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 60% 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 | 168/200 | ▲+2+1.1% | |
| 2 | Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 357 on average | 89/200 | ▼−10−9.7% | |
| 3 | Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 339 on average | 376/425 | ▲+85+29.1% | |
| 4 | Rustoria.co - EU LongEU · groups of 14+ · monthly · 335 on average | 94/200 | ▲+2+2.7% | |
| 5 | Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 299 on average | 19/250 | ▼−7−26.5% | |
| 6 | Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 282 on average | 95/125 | ▲+22+31.0% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageRules & Settings
How is Scientist Rust configured in terms of rules and settings?
No gather rate is given in the name of Scientist Rust. The default group size of 8 players applies here. 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 is active.
What is the current map on Scientist Rust?
A procedural map runs on Scientist Rust, created by the game.
Player Count
What is the rank of Scientist Rust?
In the top 60% of all ranked servers, Scientist Rust is #13,198 on player hours over the last seven days.
How full is Scientist Rust?
Right now, Scientist Rust is offline; the last sighting was 20 days 14 hours ago.
Wipe Schedule
How often does Scientist Rust wipe?
There are too few wipes on record for Scientist Rust to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server. Next: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world now is 24 days 10 hours old.
Server Details
Where can Scientist Rust be found?
No region is published by Scientist Rust. Rust Analytics reports the location a server claims, not the machine's actual location. You can reach it at 78.31.178.38:28015.
Scientist Rust runs which version of Rust?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows is what Scientist Rust runs. Joining requires the same protocol on your game, which Steam updates.
Is Scientist Rust up, and how consistent is its uptime?
Offline at this moment: Scientist Rust. Last seen 20 days 14 hours ago. The last 7 full days give 0% uptime, 0 hours on out of 168. 19 September 2026 is when Rust Analytics first saw it.
Tags & Filters
How should you interpret the tags on Scientist Rust?
The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp500 (Max players): It holds 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At the game default, teams hold up to 8; v2633 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2633 to connect; cs164530 (Build): It runs build 164530; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the network layer the game ships with; $r? (Region code): The region code is absent, which Scientist Rust publishes. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time; this page shows them at the top.
On Rust Analytics, which lists and filters feature Scientist Rust?
These Rust Analytics lists include Scientist Rust: Rust community servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
How to Join
What is the process to join Scientist Rust?
Type client.connect 78.31.178.38:28015 after pressing F1 in Rust to open the console. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2633
cs164530
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.