THETESTER
Offline 20.169.53.178:28015 checked 23d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does THETESTER rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #16,010 for player hours, which puts THETESTER in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is THETESTER?
We have no live count for THETESTER right now. It was last seen 23 days 22 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on THETESTER mean?
What the game's server browser reads from THETESTER is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): You can join up to 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166655 (Build): This server runs game build 166655; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include THETESTER?
THETESTER appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on THETESTER?
Too few wipes are on record for THETESTER to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 23 days 22 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
What are the rules and settings on THETESTER?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: THETESTER states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Carbon plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat off: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does THETESTER run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166655 on Windows for THETESTER. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is THETESTER online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, THETESTER was last seen 23 days 22 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 3 October 2026.
Where is THETESTER located?
A region is not published by THETESTER. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 20.169.53.178:28015.
Getting in
How do I join THETESTER?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 20.169.53.178:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.