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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,954habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Citadel Servers Test

Online 109.123.230.80:28015 checked 9m ago

vanillamoddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#14,954
top 67%
Last wipe
15d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75118:0000:0022:0004:0009:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040018:0000:0022:0004:0009:0015:00

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 20 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 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 67% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 22 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 13 Oct, 20:54 UTC15d 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Citadel Servers Test rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Citadel Servers Test places at #14,954, within the top 67% of ranked servers.

How busy is Citadel Servers Test?

Citadel Servers Test holds 0 players at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 19:00 UTC, when an average of 0 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Citadel Servers Test mean?

These are the tags Citadel Servers Test publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): 100 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server. 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 Citadel Servers Test?

These Rust Population lists include Citadel Servers Test: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Citadel Servers Test?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 22 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Citadel Servers Test?

The record holds too few of Citadel Servers Test's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 15 days 20 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Citadel Servers Test run?

The map on Citadel Servers Test is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000 from seed 28475. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on Citadel Servers Test?

Nothing in Citadel Servers Test's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. By its own description it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Citadel Servers Test run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what Citadel Servers Test uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Citadel Servers Test run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 219 server fps, with 181 as the lowest. The entity count reached 98,981: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 2,861 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is Citadel Servers Test online, and how reliable is it?

Citadel Servers Test is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 hours ago. It was up 77% of the time over the last 7 full days, 129 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Citadel Servers Test located?

Nothing published by Citadel Servers Test states a region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 109.123.230.80:28015.

How to join

How do I join Citadel Servers Test?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 109.123.230.80:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^v,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players 100 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 The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

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.