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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,166habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Sep 2026

Rust Test Server

Offline 178.202.148.84:28015 checked 2d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 50
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#5,166
top 23%
Last wipe
6d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
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
15k10k15k20k24 Sep29 Sep4 Oct8 Oct23 Oct28 Oct

Top 23% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

no rhythm it keeps

Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
33%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 22 OctSun 4 OctSat 3 Oct
00.250.50.751+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
Thu 22 Oct, 15:24 UTC6d ago 1 – running 1
Sun 4 Oct, 08:25 UTC24d ago 1 – 18.3 days 0
Sat 3 Oct, 09:15 UTC25d ago 1 – 1 days 1
Thu 1 Oct, 12:59 UTC27d ago 1 – 1.8 days 1

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 Rust Test Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Rust Test Server places at #5,166, within the top 23% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Test Server?

Rust Test Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 2 days 3 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 1.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust Test Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Rust Test Server is this set of tags: 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; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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 Rust Test Server?

Rust Test Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Rust Test Server?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Test Server?

There is no next wipe to predict: Rust Test Server wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 6 days 8 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Test Server run?

The map on Rust Test Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Test Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Rust Test Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Rust Test Server run?

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

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

Currently offline, Rust Test Server was last seen 2 days 3 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 41 of 168 hours were online, or 24%. On 24 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Rust Test Server located?

Nothing published by Rust 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 178.202.148.84:28015.

How to join

How do I join Rust Test Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.202.148.84:28015. 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

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.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.