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Specimen recordcat. no. 14,441habitat unknownfirst seen 29 Sep 2026

Pal Test

Offline 84.217.56.163:28015 checked 28d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 1
= 1 player
100% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#14,441
top 60%
Last wipe
29d 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
15k10k15k20k29 Sep1 Oct2 Oct4 Oct5 Oct7 Oct

Top 60% 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 Pal Test rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Pal Test at #14,441, within the top 60% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Pal Test?

At this count Pal Test is offline, with its last sighting 28 days 14 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Pal Test mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Pal Test is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp1 (Max players): You can join up to 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; 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 Pal Test?

Pal Test appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the 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 Pal Test?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Pal Test's wipes are on record. 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 29 days 16 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Pal Test run?

The map on Pal Test is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Pal Test?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Pal Test states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Pal Test run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows is what Pal Test uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Pal Test online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Pal Test was last seen 28 days 14 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 29 September 2026.

Where is Pal Test located?

A region is not published by Pal Test. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 84.217.56.163:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Pal Test?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 84.217.56.163:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp1
Max players You can join up to 1 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs165217
Build The game build is 165217.
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.