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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,324habitat unknownfirst seen 20 Sep 2026

Oxide Test Server

Offline 178.168.43.230:28015 checked 38d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 4
= 1 player
25% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,324
no region published
Last wipe
45d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep21 Sep23 Sep24 Sep26 Sep27 Sep
Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

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

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Oxide Test Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Oxide Test Server at #13,324, within the top – of all ranked servers.

How busy is Oxide Test Server?

We have no live count for Oxide Test Server right now. It was last seen 38 days 19 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Oxide Test Server mean?

These are the tags Oxide Test Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp4 (Max players): You can join up to 4 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs164530 (Build): Game build: 164530; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Oxide Test Server?

These Rust Population lists include Oxide Test Server: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Oxide Test Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Oxide Test Server's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 45 days 16 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

Which map does Oxide Test Server run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Oxide Test Server.

What are the rules and settings on Oxide Test Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Oxide Test Server states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat off: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Oxide Test Server run?

On Linux, Oxide Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

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

Currently offline, Oxide Test Server was last seen 38 days 19 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 20 September 2026.

Where is Oxide Test Server located?

No region is published by Oxide Test Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 178.168.43.230:28015.

How to join

How do I join Oxide Test Server?

Either enter client.connect 178.168.43.230:28015 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 mp4,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp4
Max players You can join up to 4 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs164530
Build Game build: 164530.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.