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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,339habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Von's Testing Facility

Online 45.138.200.219:29015 checked 8m ago

vanillamoddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,339
top 69%
Last wipe
20d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123408:0017:0002:0011:0021:0006:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040008:0017:0002:0011:0021:0006:00

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, measured since 17 Sep. 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 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

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

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.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 8 Oct, 08:09 UTC20d 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Von's Testing Facility rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Von's Testing Facility places at #15,339, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is Von's Testing Facility?

Of its 50 slots, Von's Testing Facility is using 0 right now. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on Von's Testing Facility mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Von's Testing Facility publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. 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 Von's Testing Facility?

These Rust Population lists include Von's Testing Facility: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Von's Testing Facility?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Von's Testing Facility?

The record holds too few of Von's Testing Facility'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 20 days 23 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Von's Testing Facility run?

Von's Testing Facility uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 2,000 with seed 56498541. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Von's Testing Facility?

No gather rate appears in the name of Von's Testing Facility. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Carbon plugins are in use here. Vanilla is the label it uses: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Von's Testing Facility run?

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

Does Von's Testing Facility run smoothly?

It ran at 225 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 208. The entity count reached 17,925: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 3,437 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Von's Testing Facility online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Von's Testing Facility is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 8 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Von's Testing Facility located?

No region is published by Von's Testing Facility. 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 45.138.200.219:29015.

How to join

How do I join Von's Testing Facility?

Either enter client.connect 45.138.200.219:29015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^v,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.

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.