Ares
Online 15.218.79.168:28015 checked 6m ago
Li2Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Li3Server 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.
Li4Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 44% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Bx1Wipe 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.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| 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.
Bx6Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesLogQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe day
What is the wipe schedule on Ares?
Ares has too few wipes on record yet for its rhythm to show. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 46 hours ago the server made the world it is on now.
Player counts
How busy is Ares?
Of 10 slots on Ares, 0 are in use right now. A seven-day average of 0 players, with a peak of 1. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 00:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
How does Ares rank against other Rust servers?
Ranked #9,811 on seven-day player hours, Ares is in the top 44% of all ranked servers.
Settings and rules
Which map does Ares run?
The game generates the procedural map on Ares.
What are the rules and settings on Ares?
The name Ares does not specify a gather rate. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the limit here. survival is the game mode, standard play: gathering, building and raiding. You can fight other players and raid their bases. In the server browser it is Modded, meaning plugins or settings modify the game. Oxide plugins run on this server. The server calls itself vanilla, which means: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC is on, which is Valve's anti-cheat.
Location and uptime
Which version of Rust does Ares run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Ares runs. Your game must run the same protocol to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is Ares online, and how reliable is it?
Online now: Ares. It was up 167 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. The first record of it on Rust Heatmap is 20 October 2026.
Where is Ares located?
A region is not published for Ares. What Rust Heatmap shows is where a server says it is. Where the machine stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 15.218.79.168:28015.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include Ares?
The Rust Heatmap lists that Ares fits are: Modded Rust servers, by live population. Filtering the list by 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 brings it up.
What do the server tags on Ares mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Ares publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp10 (Max players): This server has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team: the default the game ships with; v2635 (Protocol): To join, run the same version: game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game is changed by settings or plugins, so it sits under Modded. Also in the tags, shown at the top of this page: players now, the queue and the time the world was made.
Connect
How do I join Ares?
To join by console, open it with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 15.218.79.168:28015. Or press Launch Rust on this page, which connects you through Steam.