Tiger's Testing Ground
Online NA 66.51.98.59:28025 checked 13m 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 55% of all ranked servers, top 74% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 4h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 20:58 UTC6d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:08 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 21.1 days | 0 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 22:42 UTC41d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 13.9 days | 0 |
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 Tiger's Testing Ground rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours over the last seven days Tiger's Testing Ground is #12,337, #1,369 in North America, placing it in the top 55% of ranked servers.
How busy is Tiger's Testing Ground?
Tiger's Testing Ground holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 1 at the busiest.
Tags
What do the server tags on Tiger's Testing Ground mean?
These are the tags Tiger's Testing Ground publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^c (Creative): No gathering is needed; this is sandbox building where you build what you like; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. 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 Tiger's Testing Ground?
On Rust Population, Tiger's Testing Ground is filed under these lists: Build and creative servers, Rust creative servers, counted live and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Creative ^c; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Tiger's Testing Ground?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 2 hours in. In 0% of recent wipes, half the peak was held until the next wipe. By day 1.5 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on Tiger's Testing Ground?
Tiger's Testing Ground wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 6 days 17 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Tiger's Testing Ground?
No gather rate appears in the name of Tiger's Testing Ground. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get build & creative here, building in a sandbox, with nothing to gather. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Tiger's Testing Ground run?
On Linux, Tiger's Testing Ground runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Tiger's Testing Ground online, and how reliable is it?
You will find Tiger's Testing Ground online now. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 166 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is Tiger's Testing Ground located?
With its NA tag, Tiger's Testing Ground places itself in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 66.51.98.59:28025 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Tiger's Testing Ground?
Either enter client.connect 66.51.98.59:28025 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.