GameZone and Friends
163.172.118.12:28015 checked 9m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 72% 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
| 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
Quick answers
Player Count
What is the rank of GameZone and Friends?
Over the last seven days, GameZone and Friends ranks #15,915 in player hours, which is in the top 72% of ranked servers.
What is the player count on GameZone and Friends?
The current player count for GameZone and Friends is 0, out of 20 slots. Averaged across the last seven days: 0 players.
Server Tags
What is the meaning of the tags on GameZone and Friends?
The game's server browser reads these tags from GameZone and Friends: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard; mp20 (Max players): Slots: 20; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are limited to 8, the default; v2632 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2632 to connect; cs160450 (Build): Build 160450; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): Region code missing; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Uses Carbon for plugins. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
Who operates GameZone and Friends?
The gamezone.mt hostname published by GameZone and Friends is used by no other server we track.
Where does GameZone and Friends appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include GameZone and Friends are: Best modded Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that bring it up are: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server Information
GameZone and Friends Rust version: which one?
The combination is Rust network protocol 2632 and build 160450 on Linux for GameZone and Friends. Steam updates your game automatically, but it needs to match the protocol to join.
GameZone and Friends performance: is it smooth?
Over 48 hours, it averaged 71 server fps; the lowest was 38. Buildings, deployables and the rest of the world accounted for up to 100,103 entities. Memory use peaked at 5,324 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and entity count climbs.
GameZone and Friends uptime and reliability: what are they?
GameZone and Friends is currently online. According to its reported uptime, the last restart was about 11 days 8 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. The first time BestRustServers.xyz saw it was on 13 September 2026.
Where can GameZone and Friends be found?
No region is published by GameZone and Friends. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 163.172.118.12:28015.
Settings & Map
Which map is used on GameZone and Friends?
A procedural map of size 4,050 and seed 372124167 is what GameZone and Friends runs, generated by the game. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed produce an identical map.
What are the settings and rules for GameZone and Friends?
The name GameZone and Friends carries no gather multiplier. No group limit is stated; the game's default of 8 players applies. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, so it appears under Modded. Plugin count: Carbon. VAC protection is on.
Wipe Information
When does GameZone and Friends wipe?
The record holds too few wipes for GameZone and Friends to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next force wipe arrives, when all Rust servers wipe. The current world has been running since 68 days 16 hours.
How to Join
GameZone and Friends joining: how is it done?
To connect, type client.connect 163.172.118.12:28015 in the F1 console. Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and joins you.
Server tags
Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2632,gmrust,cs160450,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust- Game mode Rust survival, standard.
mp20- Max players Slots: 20.
ts8- Group limit Teams are limited to 8, the default.
v2632- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2632 to connect.
cs160450- Build Build 160450.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code Region code missing.
Mods and access
^z- Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded.
^y- Carbon Uses Carbon for plugins.
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.