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Specimen recordcat. no. 12,936habitat unknownfirst seen 20 Oct 2026

Testing Purpose Server

Online 217.60.245.134:28055 checked 11m ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#12,936
top 58%
Last wipe
8d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123407:0016:0001:0011:0020:0005:00

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 Oct22 Oct23 Oct25 Oct26 Oct28 Oct

Top 58% 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 Testing Purpose Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Testing Purpose Server places at #12,936, within the top 58% of ranked servers.

How busy is Testing Purpose Server?

The count reads 0 players on Testing Purpose Server, which has 5 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.

Tags

What do the server tags on Testing Purpose Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Testing Purpose Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): The server has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^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 Testing Purpose Server?

On Rust Population, Testing Purpose Server is filed under these lists: 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 2 weeks and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Testing Purpose Server?

The record holds too few of Testing Purpose Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 8 days 12 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Map and rules

What are the rules and settings on Testing Purpose Server?

Nothing in Testing Purpose Server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Carbon running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Testing Purpose Server run?

On Linux, Testing Purpose Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Testing Purpose Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Testing Purpose Server is online. Over the last 7 full days, 112 of 168 hours were online, or 67%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 20 October 2026.

Where is Testing Purpose Server located?

No region is published by Testing Purpose Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 217.60.245.134:28055 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Testing Purpose Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 217.60.245.134:28055. 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players The server has 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.
^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.