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Specimen recordcat. no. 16,685habitat unknownfirst seen 28 Sep 2026

ThePlague-TestServer

Offline 174.74.90.159:28019 checked 27d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 25
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#16,685
top 70%
Last wipe
30d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k28 Sep30 Sep2 Oct4 Oct6 Oct8 Oct

Top 70% 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.

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 28 Sep, 03:22 UTC30d ago 2 – 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 ThePlague-TestServer rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, ThePlague-TestServer places at #16,685, within the top 70% of ranked servers.

How busy is ThePlague-TestServer?

At this count ThePlague-TestServer is offline, with its last sighting 27 days 17 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on ThePlague-TestServer mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags ThePlague-TestServer publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp25 (Max players): The server has 25 slots; ts6 (Group limit): You may team with up to 6 players; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs162929 (Build): The game build is 162929; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. 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 ThePlague-TestServer?

These Rust Population lists include ThePlague-TestServer: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on ThePlague-TestServer?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on ThePlague-TestServer?

The record holds too few of ThePlague-TestServer'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. 30 days 15 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does ThePlague-TestServer run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on ThePlague-TestServer.

What are the rules and settings on ThePlague-TestServer?

No gather rate appears in the name of ThePlague-TestServer. The group limit is 6 players. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Carbon. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does ThePlague-TestServer run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 162929 on Windows is what ThePlague-TestServer uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is ThePlague-TestServer online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, ThePlague-TestServer was last seen 27 days 17 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 28 September 2026.

Where is ThePlague-TestServer located?

A region is not published by ThePlague-TestServer. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 174.74.90.159:28019 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join ThePlague-TestServer?

Either enter client.connect 174.74.90.159:28019 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 mp25,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs162929,ts6,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp25
Max players The server has 25 slots.
ts6
Group limit You may team with up to 6 players.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs162929
Build The game build is 162929.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use.

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.