Online167.179.166.219:28015checked 12m ago
thegibson
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 42% 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, 1 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9 Oct, 02:47 UTC5d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 01:53 UTC11d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 6 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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageRules, map and settings
What are the server rules for thegibson?
A gather rate is absent from the name of thegibson. Up to 8 players per group, which is the game's default. The server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. It appears in the Community section of the server browser as a community server. VAC is off, Valve's anti-cheat.
What is the map on thegibson?
thegibson runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 108205031, generated by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page.
Tags and filters
Where can thegibson be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?
The Rust Player Count lists that thegibson fits are: Best Rust PvE servers. You can find it on the server list using these filters: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
What information do the tags on thegibson convey?
For the game's server browser, thegibson publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival experience; mp2 (Max players): 2 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default team cap: 8 players; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167231 (Build): It runs on game build 167231; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the game's usual network protocol, and this server uses it; $r? (Region code): A region code is not present. At the top of this page, its tags show its current players, queue and world creation time as well.
Player count
What is the player count on thegibson?
0 of 2 slots are filled on thegibson right now. The seven-day average is 0 players, with a peak of 2. In the past 48 hours, the peak activity occurred at 09:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
What position does thegibson hold among Rust servers?
thegibson is in the top 42% of all ranked servers with a rank of #9,328 for player hours over the past seven days.
Server information
How reliable is thegibson, and is it online?
You can find thegibson online at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 days 3 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. Rust Player Count recorded it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is used on thegibson?
On Linux, thegibson runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.
What region does thegibson serve?
A region is not published by thegibson. Rust Player Count displays the location a server claims, not the physical location of the machine. You can reach it at 167.179.166.219:28015.
How well does thegibson perform?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 122 server fps, with a low of 106. The maximum number of entities it carried was 71,982, which includes buildings, deployables and everything else. At its highest, it used 3,029 MB of memory. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt as lag by players.
Wipe days
What changes on thegibson on wipe day?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 1 players. The latest wipe saw its biggest crowd 1 hours in. Half that peak was maintained until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. If not, the crowd went below half by day 2.
How often does thegibson wipe?
Too few wipes are recorded for thegibson to reveal its pattern. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe applies to all Rust servers. It has been running its current world for 5 days 5 hours.
Connect to the server
What steps are needed to join thegibson?
To get in, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 167.179.166.219:28015. You can also click Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and brings you onto the server.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167231,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp2
ts8
v2634
cs167231
ptrak
$r?
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.