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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,062habitat unknownfirst seen 26 Oct 2026

Shkiper test server

Offline 178.228.158.190:28015 checked 1d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 600
= 1 player
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#13,062
top 59%
Last wipe
1d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
00.250.50.75118:0019:0021:00Wiped Mon 26 Oct, 20:17 UTCWIPE

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
15k10k15k20k26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct

Top 59% 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.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 26 Oct, 20:17 UTC1d ago – – running 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 Shkiper test server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Shkiper test server places at #13,062, within the top 59% of ranked servers.

How busy is Shkiper test server?

We have no live count for Shkiper test server right now. It was last seen 30 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 21:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Tags

What do the server tags on Shkiper test server mean?

These are the tags Shkiper test server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp600 (Max players): You can join up to 600 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Shkiper test server?

These Rust Population lists include Shkiper 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; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Shkiper test server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Shkiper 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. 32 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Shkiper test server run?

The map on Shkiper test server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Shkiper test server?

Nothing in Shkiper test server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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 Shkiper test server run?

On Windows, Shkiper test server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Shkiper test server online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Shkiper test server 30 hours ago, and it is offline now. In the last 1 full day it was found up for 0 of 24 hours, 0% of the time. On 26 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Shkiper test server located?

A region is not published by Shkiper test server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 178.228.158.190:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Shkiper test server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 178.228.158.190:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp600,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp600
Max players You can join up to 600 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$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.