On air · chart position #8,749
Ares
Online 15.218.79.168:28015 checked 10m ago
Players
Ares
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
Top 39% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct, 21:53 UTC2d ago | 1 | – | 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.
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Quick answers
About the server
Is Ares online, and how reliable is it?
Ares is up as you read this. Of the past 7 full days it was running for 167 of 168 hours, or 99% of the time. Its earliest entry with Rust Charts dates from 20 October 2026.
Where is Ares located?
No region is published by Ares. Rust Charts shows the location a server claims, not where the machine actually is. 15.218.79.168:28015 is its address.
Which version of Rust does Ares run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is the version Ares runs. Steam updates your game for you; all you need is the same protocol to join.
Who is on
How busy is Ares?
Right now 0 players are on Ares, out of 10 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it reached 2 at most. Over the past 48 hours, 02:00 UTC drew the most, at 1 players on average.
How does Ares rank against other Rust servers?
In the seven-day player hours table, Ares is #8,749, inside the top 39% of all ranked servers.
Wipes and resets
What does wipe day look like on Ares?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 2 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Ares?
Ares's wipe rhythm is not yet clear: too few are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and it covers every Rust server. The world it runs now dates from 2 days 12 hours.
Settings and map
What are the rules and settings on Ares?
You will not find a gather rate in the name Ares. Up to 8 players per group, as the game sets by default. survival is the game mode, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser shows it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs number Oxide. Vanilla is its own label: nothing is changed: rates, kits and rules are all Facepunch's own. Valve's VAC anti-cheat is active.
Which map does Ares run?
Generated by the game, the map on Ares is procedural.
Tags explained
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include Ares?
The Rust Charts lists that carry Ares are: Modded Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: 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.
What do the server tags on Ares mean?
The game's server browser sees these tags from Ares: gmvanilla (Game mode): This server runs vanilla survival; mp10 (Max players): The server holds 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 8, the default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed: rates, kits and rules are all Facepunch's own; ^o (Oxide): Plugins are handled by Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): This one is modded, so plugins or settings alter play. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made. You'll find them at the top of this page.
Getting in
How do I join Ares?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 15.218.79.168:28015. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.