THETESTER
Offline 52.165.62.81:28015 checked 23d ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does THETESTER rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place THETESTER at #15,961, within the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is THETESTER?
At this count THETESTER is offline, with its last sighting 23 days 7 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on THETESTER mean?
What the game's server browser reads from THETESTER is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): The server has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166655 (Build): This server runs game build 166655; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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 THETESTER?
On Rust Population, THETESTER 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 is the wipe schedule on THETESTER?
The record holds too few of THETESTER'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 23 days 7 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
What are the rules and settings on THETESTER?
No gather rate appears in the name of THETESTER. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, 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.
About the server
Which version of Rust does THETESTER run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166655 on Linux is what THETESTER uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is THETESTER online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, THETESTER was last seen 23 days 7 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 4 October 2026.
Where is THETESTER located?
No region is published by THETESTER. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 52.165.62.81:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join THETESTER?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 52.165.62.81:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.