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Ares
Online 15.218.79.168:28015 checked 8m 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 44% 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.
Wipes
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.
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01MODPlayers 167/500
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02MODPlayers 124/100
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03MODPlayers 182/225
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04MODPlayers 70/700
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05MODPlayers 13/200
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06MODPlayers 20/1000
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Filters
Which lists and filters on Rust Tracker show Ares?
Modded servers, tracked live — the Rust Tracker lists that include Ares. These filters surface it on the server list: 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.
Which tags does Ares carry, and what do they mean?
Listed for the server browser to read, Ares publishes these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla mode; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size: 8; v2635 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer — the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^v (Vanilla): As Facepunch ships it: rates, kits and rules are unchanged; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework confirmed: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings; listed under Modded. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.
Wipe Times
When does Ares wipe?
Too few wipes on record for Ares to show its rhythm. Next monthly force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes with it. This world has been running 38 hours.
Server Details
What is the uptime on Ares, and is it online?
Ares is up and online at this moment. 167 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days: 99% uptime. Rust Tracker logged it first on 20 October 2026.
What Rust version is Ares on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Ares runs. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
What location is Ares hosted in?
Region: none published by Ares. The location shown by Rust Tracker is the server's own claim; no lookup of the machine's position is made. You connect at 15.218.79.168:28015.
Player Count
Is Ares busy?
Ares is at 0 players, capacity 10. Seven-day average 0 players; peak 1. Peak traffic in the last 48 hours came at 00:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Where does Ares sit in the server rankings?
On player hours over seven days, Ares ranks #9,832, inside the top 44% of all ranked servers.
Settings
Which settings and rules are confirmed on Ares?
No gather rate appears in Ares's name. The game's default applies: groups can have up to 8 players. It runs survival, gather, build, raid, as the game intends. Fighting and raiding between players are on. Plugins or settings change the game, and the server browser lists it under Modded. The plugin count stands at Oxide. Its label is vanilla: as Facepunch ships it: rates, kits and rules are unchanged. On: VAC, Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is confirmed for Ares?
A procedural map runs on Ares, generated by the game.
How to Join
Which steps join Ares?
To connect: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 15.218.79.168:28015 in the console. Or use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and join.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published 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.