Ares
15.218.79.168:28015 checked 13m ago
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 59% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
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.
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Quick answers
Rules and settings
Which settings and rules apply on Ares?
No gather rate appears in the name Ares. Up to 8 players can group, which is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Raiding and fighting other players are allowed. Community is its section in the server browser. The word it uses for itself is vanilla: nothing is altered from the base game—no custom rates, kits or rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
What is the map on Ares?
Generated by the game: the procedural map on Ares.
Server population
What is the population like on Ares?
The server Ares is currently at 0 players out of 10 slots. The seven-day average is 0 players, with a peak of 1. In the last two days, the peak hour was 02:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.
What position does Ares hold in the server rankings?
For player hours over the last week, Ares is #12,835, which puts it in the top 59% of all ranked servers.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on Ares?
The game's server browser reads these tags from Ares: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla mode; mp10 (Max players): It holds 10 players; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8—the default setting for Rust; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Build number: 167781; ptrak (Networking): Standard RakNet networking is in use here; $r? (Region code): Region code left unset; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered from the base game—no custom rates, kits or rules. The tags carry its players now, its queue and the time its world was made as well, and the top of this page displays them.
Where does Ares appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
These Rust Zerg Life lists include Ares: Rust community servers for clans and Vanilla servers for clans and zergs. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
About the server
What is the uptime and reliability of Ares?
Right now, Ares is online. Rust Zerg Life has been tracking it since 20 October 2026.
Which Rust build does Ares use?
The server Ares runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 with Linux as its operating system. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, which Steam updates automatically.
What location does Ares use?
From Ares, no region is published. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. Connect to it at 15.218.79.168:28015.
Wipe days
What schedule does Ares follow for wipes?
So few of Ares's wipes are recorded that its rhythm cannot be told yet. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC: the monthly force wipe that every Rust server gets. The world in play right now was made 8 hours ago.
Connect
What steps do I take to join Ares?
Join by entering client.connect 15.218.79.168:28015 in the console (press F1 first). Or use Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^v,gmvanilla,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp10
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Difficulty
^v
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.