Practice Server
Offline 86.22.76.159:28015 checked 27d 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 46% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 30 Sep, 18:20 UTC27d ago | 4 | – | running | 1 |
| Tue 15 Sep, 18:14 UTC42d ago | 1 | held half | 15 days | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does Practice Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Practice Server at #11,008, within the top 46% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Practice Server?
Practice Server is offline at this count; we last saw it 27 days 1 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Practice Server mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Practice Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): 10 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs163493 (Build): Game build: 163493; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. 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 Practice Server?
Practice Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Practice Server?
Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. Peak came 2 hours into the latest wipe. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on Practice Server?
Too few wipes are on record for Practice Server to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 27 days 3 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Practice Server?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Practice Server states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Practice Server run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163493 on Windows is what Practice Server uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Practice Server online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw Practice Server 27 days 1 hours ago, and it is offline now. 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 15 September 2026.
Where is Practice Server located?
No region is published by Practice Server. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 86.22.76.159:28015 is where it lives.
Getting in
How do I join Practice Server?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 86.22.76.159:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.