[METH] Testing Grounds
Offline 213.113.109.233:28015 checked 24d 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 69% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 07:03 UTC31d ago | 0 | – | 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does [METH] Testing Grounds rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, [METH] Testing Grounds places at #15,667, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is [METH] Testing Grounds?
At this count [METH] Testing Grounds is offline, with its last sighting 24 days 19 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on [METH] Testing Grounds mean?
What the game's server browser reads from [METH] Testing Grounds is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs165988 (Build): This server runs game build 165988; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 [METH] Testing Grounds?
On Rust Population, [METH] Testing Grounds 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.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on [METH] Testing Grounds?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on [METH] Testing Grounds?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of [METH] Testing Grounds'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. The world it runs now dates from 31 days 6 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does [METH] Testing Grounds run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on [METH] Testing Grounds.
What are the rules and settings on [METH] Testing Grounds?
Nothing in [METH] Testing Grounds'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. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does [METH] Testing Grounds run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 165988 on Windows is what [METH] Testing Grounds uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is [METH] Testing Grounds online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw [METH] Testing Grounds 24 days 19 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 27 September 2026.
Where is [METH] Testing Grounds located?
No region is published by [METH] Testing Grounds. 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 213.113.109.233:28015.
Getting in
How do I join [METH] Testing Grounds?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 213.113.109.233:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.