Element card · group Community · atomic number 6,473, its rank
Hools
Online 109.169.188.157:28015 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 best
Top 29% 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
from the figures on this pageServer setup
What map is in play on Hools?
The map on Hools is procedural, made by the game.
What settings and rules apply on Hools?
Nothing in the name of Hools gives a gather rate. Eight players per group is the limit, the game's default. Play runs as survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can fight other players and raid them. You will find it under Community in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is enabled.
About the server
In what location does Hools sit?
There is no region on record for Hools. What a server states is what Rust Data Lab shows for location; no lookup of the machine's whereabouts is made. Connect at 109.169.188.157:28015.
On what Rust version does Hools operate?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Hools uses. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
How dependable is Hools for staying online?
At the moment, Hools is online. It was online for 11 of 72 hours in the last 3 full days, which is 15% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 25 October 2026.
Wipes and resets
How often does a wipe happen on Hools, and at what time?
Too few wipes are on record for Hools to reveal a rhythm. The monthly force wipe resets every Rust server; it next occurs on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Counting back, the current world began 4 days 11 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What should you understand from the tags Hools carries?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): 5 is the slot count; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the game's default: 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard in Rust; $r? (Region code): The region field is left blank: that is the tag list Hools publishes, and the game's server browser reads it. Also in the tags are the players on now, the queue length and the world's creation time, and you can see them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does Hools appear in?
The Rust Data Lab lists that include Hools are: Rust community servers, measured. You can find it on the server list by applying these filters: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Population
How does Hools compare with other servers in the rankings?
Player hours over the last week put Hools at #6,473, inside the top 29% of ranked servers.
How many players does Hools have at the moment?
Of 5 slots, 1 are taken on Hools right now. Averaged over the past week: 1 players, peaking at 1. Over 48 hours, the highest average fell at 20:00 UTC, at 1 players.
How to join
What steps get you onto Hools?
You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 109.169.188.157:28015, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you.