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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,012habitat unknownfirst seen 27 Oct 2026

bots-test

Offline 52.88.153.61:28015 checked 8h ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#14,012
top 63%
Last wipe
1d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5220:0021:0019:0020:0021:00

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
15k10k15k20k27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 63% 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 bots-test rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, bots-test places at #14,012, within the top 63% of ranked servers.

How busy is bots-test?

At this count bots-test is offline, with its last sighting 8 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 2. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 21:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on bots-test mean?

These are the tags bots-test publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. 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 bots-test?

bots-test appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on bots-test?

The record holds too few of bots-test'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. The world it runs now dates from 36 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does bots-test run?

bots-test uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on bots-test?

Nothing in bots-test's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does bots-test run?

On Linux, bots-test runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is bots-test online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, bots-test was last seen 8 hours ago. In the last 1 full day it was found up for 3 of 24 hours, 12% of the time. On 27 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is bots-test located?

A region is not published by bots-test. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 52.88.153.61:28015.

Getting in

How do I join bots-test?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 52.88.153.61:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.