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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,289habitat unknownfirst seen 24 Oct 2026

TEST

Offline 188.247.202.254:28015 checked 5d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,289
top 69%
Last wipe
5d 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
15k10k15k20k24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

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 TEST rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, TEST places at #15,289, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is TEST?

We have no live count for TEST right now. It was last seen 5 days 6 hours ago. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on TEST mean?

What the game's server browser reads from TEST is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 TEST?

On Rust Population, TEST is filed under these lists: 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 week.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on TEST?

Too few wipes are on record for TEST to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 5 days 6 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does TEST run?

The map on TEST is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on TEST?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: TEST states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does TEST run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for TEST. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is TEST online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, TEST was last seen 5 days 6 hours ago. Over the last 4 full days, 0 of 96 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 24 October 2026.

Where is TEST located?

No region is published by TEST. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 188.247.202.254:28015.

How to join

How do I join TEST?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 188.247.202.254:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp10
Max players You can join up to 10 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 The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.