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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,870EUfirst seen 3 Oct 2026

Sandbox and Testserver

Offline EU 78.54.100.210:28015 checked 25d ago

monthly wipes moddedcarbonpve

Measurements

Players now
1/ 50
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,870
top 61% · #2373 in EU
Last wipe
25d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
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, measured since 3 Oct. 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
15k10k15k20k3 Oct4 Oct6 Oct7 Oct9 Oct10 Oct

Top 61% of all ranked servers, top 83% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 22h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

No hourly players around its wipes yet.

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sat 3 Oct, 05:34 UTC25d ago 1 – running 1

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 Sandbox and Testserver rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put Sandbox and Testserver at #13,870, or #2,373 in Europe, inside the top 61% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Sandbox and Testserver?

Sandbox and Testserver is offline at this count; we last saw it 25 days 14 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Sandbox and Testserver mean?

These are the tags Sandbox and Testserver publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. 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 Sandbox and Testserver?

On Rust Population, Sandbox and Testserver is filed under these lists: Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted, Build and creative servers and PvE servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Sandbox and Testserver?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Sandbox and Testserver?

The force wipe is the only wipe Sandbox and Testserver takes, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 25 days 14 hours ago the current world was made. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does Sandbox and Testserver run?

Sandbox and Testserver uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500 with seed 1337. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. You will see the map named Developer Map..

What are the rules and settings on Sandbox and Testserver?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Sandbox and Testserver states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. You get pve here, no player combat. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Carbon running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Sandbox and Testserver run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows is what Sandbox and Testserver uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Sandbox and Testserver online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Sandbox and Testserver was last seen 25 days 14 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 3 October 2026.

Where is Sandbox and Testserver located?

The EU tag is how Sandbox and Testserver places itself in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 78.54.100.210:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Sandbox and Testserver?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 78.54.100.210:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://times-beyond-cobalt.de.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,EU,^p,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join.
cs166652
Build This server runs game build 166652.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

Region

EU
Europe Its place in the server browser is under Europe.

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.