BW Test Server
Online 104.143.3.209:29015 checked 12m ago
Measurements
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 63% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 6h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:53 UTC FW26d 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does BW Test Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #13,946 for player hours, which puts BW Test Server in the top 63% of all ranked servers.
How busy is BW Test Server?
BW Test Server holds 0 players at the moment, out of 40 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on BW Test Server mean?
What the game's server browser reads from BW Test Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; modded (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include BW Test Server?
BW Test Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on BW Test Server?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on BW Test Server?
The force wipe is the only wipe BW Test Server takes, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 26 days 16 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Map and rules
Which map does BW Test Server run?
The map on BW Test Server is procedural, made by the game at size 4,250 from seed 1583848389. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on BW Test Server?
Nothing in BW Test Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does BW Test Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for BW Test Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Does BW Test Server run smoothly?
It ran at 58 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 43. Up to 115,836 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,957 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is BW Test Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, BW Test Server is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 1 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is BW Test Server located?
A region is not published by BW Test Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 104.143.3.209:29015.
How to join
How do I join BW Test Server?
Either enter client.connect 104.143.3.209:29015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/ZHnKkR9VaZ.