Rust PopulationField survey · Rust servers
Observing 70,411 players 11,811 servers 3,728 with someone on 138 fresh wipes in 3 h counted every five minutes
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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,004habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

test

Offline 5.175.178.53:28015 checked 44d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 8
= 1 player
12% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,004
no region published
Last wipe
44d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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
No rank history yet.
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.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

No hourly players around its wipes yet.

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 13 Sep, 21:23 UTC44d ago 1 – running 1

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 test rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place test at #13,004, within the top – of all ranked servers.

How busy is test?

We have no live count for test right now. It was last seen 44 days ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on test mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags test publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp8 (Max players): 8 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs163794 (Build): Game build: 163794; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. 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 test?

On Rust Population, test is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on test?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on test?

The record holds too few of test'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 44 days ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does test run?

test uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on test?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: test states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. 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. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is disabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does test run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Windows for test. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is test online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw test 44 days ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is test located?

A region is not published by test. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 5.175.178.53:28015.

Getting in

How do I join test?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 5.175.178.53:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp8,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp8
Max players 8 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs163794
Build Game build: 163794.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.