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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,104habitat unknownfirst seen 16 Oct 2026

test plugins

Offline 45.202.255.243:28015 checked 12d ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 99
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,104
top 70%
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe 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
15k10k15k20k16 Oct17 Oct19 Oct20 Oct22 Oct23 Oct

Top 70% 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

Player counts

How does test plugins rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, test plugins places at #15,104, within the top 70% of ranked servers.

How busy is test plugins?

At this count test plugins is offline, with its last sighting 12 days 21 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on test plugins mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags test plugins publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp99 (Max players): 99 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166494 (Build): The game build is 166494; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^x (Unknown flag): This flag has no entry in Facepunch's documentation. 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 plugins?

On Rust Population, test plugins is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on test plugins?

The record holds too few of test plugins's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 27 days 10 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

What are the rules and settings on test plugins?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: test plugins states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does test plugins run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows is what test plugins uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is test plugins online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, test plugins was last seen 12 days 21 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 16 October 2026.

Where is test plugins located?

No region is published by test plugins. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 45.202.255.243:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join test plugins?

Either enter client.connect 45.202.255.243:28015 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 mp99,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,^x,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp99
Max players 99 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs166494
Build The game build is 166494.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Other

^x
Unknown flag This flag has no entry in Facepunch's documentation.

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.