Online15.218.79.168:28015checked 7m ago
Ares
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.
Similar servers
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from the figures on this pageMap and rules
What are the rules and settings on Ares?
The name of Ares gives no gather rate. The game's default group cap of 8 players applies. It runs survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Players may raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. Its self-description is vanilla: unmodified from Facepunch: the same rates, kits and rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map for Ares?
Ares uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Population
How populated is Ares?
On Ares, 0 of 10 slots are filled right now. Averaging 0 players over seven days, it peaked at 1. In the last 48 hours, the peak hour was 02:00 UTC with an average of 1 players.
Where does Ares stand in the rankings of Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, Ares ranks #12,875 for player hours, placing it in the top 59% of all ranked servers.
Tags
How should you interpret the tags on Ares?
These tags are set by Ares and read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla survival gameplay; mp10 (Max players): It holds up to 10 players; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as in the standard game; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must match protocol 2634 to connect; cs167781 (Build): It runs on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard for the game; $r? (Region code): There is no region code; ^v (Vanilla): Unmodified from Facepunch: the same rates, kits and rules. Its current players, queue, and world creation time come from the tags and appear at the top of this page.
Where does Ares appear in When Is Rust Force Wipe lists and filters?
These When Is Rust Force Wipe lists include Ares: Best Rust community servers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These filters show it on the server list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Server details
Where can Ares be found?
Region: not published by Ares. What you see on When Is Rust Force Wipe is the server's own location claim; the machine's real spot is not looked up. Connect using 15.218.79.168:28015.
How reliable is Ares, and is it currently online?
You can connect to Ares at this moment. First seen by When Is Rust Force Wipe on 20 October 2026.
What is the Rust version for Ares?
The version on Ares is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, on Linux. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.
Wipe days
When does Ares wipe?
The wipes of Ares on record are too few to show its rhythm. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. It has been running its current world since 4 hours ago.
Join info
How can you connect to Ares?
Open Rust, press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 15.218.79.168:28015. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to start Rust via Steam and join.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$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.