Online 15.218.79.168:28015 checked 10m ago
Ares
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 10 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 44% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct, 21:53 UTC1d ago | – | – | running | 0 |
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 Ares online, and how reliable is it?
Online now, Ares is up. The last 7 full days put it at 167 of 168 hours up, 99% uptime. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 20 October 2026.
Which Rust version is Ares on?
On Linux, Ares runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is Ares located?
There is no region published on Ares. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. You will find it at 15.218.79.168:28015.
Tags
What do the server tags on Ares mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Ares: gmvanilla (Game mode): It's vanilla survival; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; 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): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game unaltered: no rates, kits or rules are changed; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Modded is its category: plugins or settings change how it plays. At the top of this page the tags give you its players right now, its queue and the date its world was created.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include Ares?
You will find Ares on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Map and rules
Which map is running on Ares?
The game generates the procedural map on Ares.
What are the rules and settings on Ares?
Nothing in the name of Ares states a gather rate. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. build, gather and raid in the standard game: that is the survival game mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. It runs plugins: Oxide. Its self-description is vanilla: facepunch's game unaltered: no rates, kits or rules are changed. Anti-cheat is on: VAC.
Population
What is the population on Ares at the moment?
The board shows Ares at 0 players, with 10 slots in total. Seven days back gives an average of 0 players and a peak of 1. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 00:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Where does Ares sit in the rankings?
Ranked #9,810 on seven-day player hours, Ares is in the top 44% of all ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Ares?
The rhythm of Ares's wipes cannot be told yet, because not enough are on record. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now was made 44 hours ago.
Connect
How do I join Ares?
In the Rust console (F1) type client.connect 15.218.79.168:28015. Alternatively, Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and drops you straight in.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^v,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp10
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Difficulty
^v
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.