Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 68,197 players 11,798 servers 3,637 with someone on 131 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 12,835habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

test

Offline 188.255.236.15:28015 checked 44d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 8
= 1 player
12% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#12,835
no region published
Last wipe
44d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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 Sep
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.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

No hourly players around its wipes yet.

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 14 Sep, 16:01 UTC44d ago 1 – running 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 test rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #12,835 for player hours, which puts test in the top – of all ranked servers.

How busy is test?

We have no live count for test right now. It was last seen 44 days 5 hours ago.

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; mp8 (Max players): The server has 8 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs163794 (Build): Game build: 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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 test?

These Rust Population lists include test: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on test?

Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on test?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of test's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 44 days 5 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does test run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on test.

What are the rules and settings on test?

No gather rate appears in the name of test. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does test run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Windows is what test uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is test online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw test 44 days 5 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is test located?

A region is not published by test. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 188.255.236.15:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join test?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 188.255.236.15:28015. 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 mp8,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp8
Max players The server has 8 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs163794
Build Game build: 163794.
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.