Offline 142.181.123.46:28015 checked 3h ago
The Squad Server
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 100 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 33% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 28 Oct, 04:14 UTC1d ago | – | – | running | 2 |
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.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is The Squad Server online, and how reliable is it?
Offline right now, with a last sighting 3 hours ago: The Squad Server. 25% for the last 1 day, with 6 of 24 hours actually up. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 27 October 2026.
Which Rust version is The Squad Server on?
Windows carries Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 at The Squad Server. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is The Squad Server located?
There is no region published on The Squad Server. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. The address you connect to is 142.181.123.46:28015.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Squad Server mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival as standard; mp100 (Max players): It holds 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): No more than 8 to a team, as the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank are the tags The Squad Server publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include The Squad Server?
You will find The Squad Server on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Community servers, ranked live. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Map and rules
Which map is running on The Squad Server?
The game generates the procedural map on The Squad Server.
What are the rules and settings on The Squad Server?
The name of The Squad Server does not say what the gather rate is. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. It plays as survival, build, gather and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players here. You will find it listed as Community. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Population
What is the population on The Squad Server at the moment?
Last seen 3 hours ago, The Squad Server is offline right now. Averaged across seven days: 1 players. The high point: 2. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 05:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
Where does The Squad Server sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days place The Squad Server at #7,309, among the top 33% of ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on The Squad Server?
The record holds too few of The Squad Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it runs now was made 42 hours ago.
How to join
How do I join The Squad Server?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 142.181.123.46:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2635
cs168909
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.