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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,284habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

DF Test Server

Online 104.238.229.179:30015 checked 9m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,284
top 69%
Last wipe
9d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
6d 17h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123402:0011:0021:0006:0015:0000:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304002:0011:0021:0006:0015:0000:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct14 Oct22 Oct30 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence

7.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

6d 17h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
34d 17h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 20 OctWed 14 OctSat 26 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 20 Oct, 22:10 UTC9d ago 1 – running 0
Wed 14 Oct, 21:44 UTC15d ago 1 halved by day 1 6 days 0
Sat 26 Sep, 13:03 UTC33d ago 1 halved by day 1 18.4 days 0
Wed 16 Sep, 21:31 UTC43d ago 0 – 9.6 days 1
Tue 15 Sep, 00:48 UTC45d ago 1 – 1.9 days 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does DF Test Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, DF Test Server places at #15,284, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is DF Test Server?

The count reads 0 players on DF Test Server, which has 50 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on DF Test Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags DF Test Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include DF Test Server?

On Rust Population, DF Test Server is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on DF Test Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. The crowd dropped below half by day 1 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on DF Test Server?

DF Test Server wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. Counted from 9 days 3 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Settings

Which map does DF Test Server run?

A procedural map of size 4,096 from seed 2138400164, generated by the game, is in use on DF Test Server. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. You will see the map named Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on DF Test Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of DF Test Server. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does DF Test Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux for DF Test Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does DF Test Server run smoothly?

It ran at 30 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 30. The entity count reached 70,522: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 4,054 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is DF Test Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, DF Test Server is online. About 9 days 1 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is DF Test Server located?

Nothing published by DF Test Server states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 104.238.229.179:30015.

Getting in

How do I join DF Test Server?

Either enter client.connect 104.238.229.179:30015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs167781
Build Game build: 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.