Server profile
Lab
Offline, with 0 of 5 players on; ranked #15,339 of every public Rust server, the top 69%. It last wiped 5d ago.
Offline 188.186.27.91:28015 checked 5d ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
No rhythm it keeps.
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct, 09:32 UTC5d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 23:09 UTC6d ago | 0 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Sat 17 Oct, 12:48 UTC11d ago | 1 | – | 5.4 days | 0 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 03:12 UTC21d ago | 0 | – | 9.4 days | 0 |
| Tue 6 Oct, 23:09 UTC22d ago | 0 | – | 1.2 days | 0 |
Note: 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.
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The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe cycle
On Lab, what happens on wipe day?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
How often does Lab wipe, and on which day?
Lab wipes at times that vary, so its next wipe cannot be predicted. A force wipe falls on every Rust server once a month, and the next one is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 5 days 19 hours have passed since its current world was created.
Server
Which Rust version is Lab on?
Running on Windows, Lab is on Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. You can only join if your game is on the same protocol; Steam handles that update.
Has Lab stayed online, and is it up now?
The last sighting of Lab was 5 days 18 hours ago, and it is offline at present. It spent 7 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 4% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 6 October 2026.
Where does Lab run from?
A region is not published by Lab. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. You can reach it at 188.186.27.91:28015.
Tags
How should you read the tags listed for Lab?
These tags come from Lab and are read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): It holds 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams cap at 8; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded is its listing, because plugins or settings change how the game plays. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.
On which Rust Insights lists does Lab appear?
Lab appears among the following Rust Insights lists: Modded Rust servers, explained. On the server list, the filters that surface it are Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Population
How many players are on Lab right now, and how does that number move?
The last time Lab was seen online was 5 days 18 hours ago, and it is offline now. Its average over seven days comes to 0 players.
Where does Lab sit in the rankings?
The player-hours ranking for the last seven days puts Lab at #15,339, among the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Map and rules
How is Lab configured, and what rules apply?
No gather rate appears in the name of Lab. No group limit is set, so the game's default of 8 players applies. You get survival as the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins: Oxide run here. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.
What is the map on Lab?
The map on Lab is procedural and the game generates it.
Join
How can you get onto Lab?
Type client.connect 188.186.27.91:28015 into the console, which you open with F1 in Rust. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job by opening Rust through Steam.