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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,468habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

NUC Testbed

Offline 71.223.134.242:28015 checked 44d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,468
no region published
Last wipe
55d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe 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
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep
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

Population

How does NUC Testbed rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,468 for player hours, which puts NUC Testbed in the top – of all ranked servers.

How busy is NUC Testbed?

NUC Testbed is offline at this count; we last saw it 44 days ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on NUC Testbed mean?

These are the tags NUC Testbed publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs163493 (Build): This server runs game build 163493; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include NUC Testbed?

These Rust Population lists include NUC Testbed: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on NUC Testbed?

The record holds too few of NUC Testbed'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. 55 days 17 hours ago the current world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does NUC Testbed run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on NUC Testbed.

What are the rules and settings on NUC Testbed?

Nothing in NUC Testbed's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. 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 NUC Testbed run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163493 on Windows for NUC Testbed. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is NUC Testbed online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, NUC Testbed was last seen 44 days ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is NUC Testbed located?

A region is not published by NUC Testbed. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 71.223.134.242:28015.

How to join

How do I join NUC Testbed?

Either enter client.connect 71.223.134.242:28015 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?,v2633,gmrust,cs163493,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp10
Max players 10 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2633
Protocol The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs163493
Build This server runs game build 163493.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$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.