Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
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Specimen recordcat. no. 5,245habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

TESTER

Online 188.134.89.81:11113 checked 5m ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#5,245
top 24%
Last wipe
2d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no rhythm it keeps
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75112:0021:0006:0015:0001:0010:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

020040060080012:0021:0006:0015:0001:0010:00

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 24 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
15k10k15k20k24 Sep30 Sep6 Oct17 Oct23 Oct29 Oct

Top 24% 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.

3.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
14%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 26 OctMon 26 OctThu 22 Oct
00.511.52+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
Mon 26 Oct, 23:02 UTC2d ago 1 – running 0
Mon 26 Oct, 12:27 UTC2d ago 1 – 0.4 days 1
Thu 22 Oct, 17:00 UTC6d ago 2 held half 3.8 days 2
Wed 21 Oct, 15:19 UTC7d ago 2 – 1.1 days 0
Sun 18 Oct, 11:48 UTC10d ago 1 held half 3.1 days 1
Thu 15 Oct, 21:30 UTC13d ago 1 held half 2.6 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 10:02 UTC28d ago 1 – 14.5 days 0
Thu 24 Sep, 15:33 UTC34d ago 2 – 6.8 days 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 TESTER rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place TESTER at #5,245, within the top 24% of all ranked servers.

How busy is TESTER?

The count reads 0 players on TESTER, which has 100 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 2. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 17:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on TESTER mean?

What the game's server browser reads from TESTER is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptsw (Networking): 'sw' is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^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 TESTER?

These Rust Population lists include TESTER: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on TESTER?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on TESTER?

No next wipe can be predicted for TESTER, which 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. 2 days 12 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does TESTER run?

A procedural map of size 1,500 from seed 1724362619, generated by the game, is in use on TESTER. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on TESTER?

No gather rate appears in the name of TESTER. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does TESTER run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for TESTER. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does TESTER run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 403 server fps, with a low of 232. Up to 16,007 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 1,975 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is TESTER online, and how reliable is it?

TESTER is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 39 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 149 of 168 hours were online, or 89%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is TESTER located?

Nothing published by TESTER states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 188.134.89.81:11113.

Getting in

How do I join TESTER?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 188.134.89.81:11113. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at https://rustila.gamestores.app.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp100
Max players 100 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptsw
Networking 'sw' is the network layer in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^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.