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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,335habitat unknownfirst seen 28 Oct 2026

rust test server

Offline 5.18.129.173:28015 checked 1d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,335
top 69%
Last wipe
1d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0123407:0008:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 07:41 UTCWIPE

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
15k10k15k20k28 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% 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 rust test server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place rust test server at #15,335, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is rust test server?

At this count rust test server is offline, with its last sighting 25 hours ago. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on rust test server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags rust test server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 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): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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 rust test server?

On Rust Population, rust test server 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; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on rust test server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of rust test server's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 25 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does rust test server run?

The map on rust test server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on rust test server?

Nothing in rust test server's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does rust test server run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what rust test server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is rust test server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, rust test server was last seen 25 hours ago. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 28 October 2026.

Where is rust test server located?

A region is not published by rust test server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 5.18.129.173:28015.

Getting in

How do I join rust test server?

Either enter client.connect 5.18.129.173:28015 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp10
Max players You can join up to 10 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 RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.