The lab
202.36.95.61:28015 checked 9m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 36% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:45 UTC FW12d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 21:00 UTC15d ago | 1 | held half | 3 days | 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.
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Quick answers
Server rules
Which settings and rules apply on The lab?
You will not find a gather rate in the name The lab. The group cap is 8 players, the default for the game. survival is its mode, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Raiding and fighting other players are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded in the server browser. It runs plugins: Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, from Valve.
Which map is active on The lab?
A procedural map, size 3,750 with seed 822215108, generated by the game, is what The lab runs. From this page, RustMaps can show it: size and seed produce the same map each time.
Player count
How many players are on The lab?
The lab has 0 of its 20 slots filled right now. The seven-day average is 0 players, with a peak of 3. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 18:00 UTC, when it averaged 2 players.
Where does The lab sit in the rankings?
For player hours over the last week, The lab is #8,123, which puts it in the top 36% of all ranked servers.
Lists and tags
What do The lab's tags indicate?
For the game's server browser, The lab publishes these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp20 (Max players): Capacity: 20; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the standard team limit of 8; v2634 (Protocol): You'll need protocol 2634 on your game to join; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The Modded listing means plugins or settings have changed the game. At the top of this page you see its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, which are in the tags too.
Where does The lab appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
The Rust Zerg Life lists that include The lab are Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server info
How reliable is The lab, and is it up?
You can join The lab now: it is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 3 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, which is 100%. Its first appearance in Rust Zerg Life records is 13 September 2026.
Is The lab smooth to play on?
Over the past 48 hours, server fps averaged 184 and never dropped below 4. It reached a maximum of 81,555 entities, covering buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. The maximum memory it used was 3,794 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are the source of the lag players feel.
What version is The lab using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is what The lab runs, on Linux. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam will update your game to that protocol.
Where can you find The lab?
There is no region published by The lab. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. Connect to it at 202.36.95.61:28015.
Wipe cycle
What happens on wipe day on The lab?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked. The crowd kept above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What schedule does The lab follow for wipes?
With so few wipes on record for The lab, its pattern is not yet clear. Come Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe arrives for every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 12 days 2 hours ago.
Join the server
What is the process to join The lab?
Join by entering client.connect 202.36.95.61:28015 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 mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp20
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
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.