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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,568habitat unknownfirst seen 30 Sep 2026

TEST

Offline 98.97.136.218:28015 checked 27d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 7
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,568
top 65%
Last wipe
33d 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
15k10k15k20k1 Oct2 Oct4 Oct5 Oct7 Oct8 Oct

Top 65% 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 TEST rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place TEST at #15,568, within the top 65% of all ranked servers.

How busy is TEST?

At this count TEST is offline, with its last sighting 27 days 16 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on TEST mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags TEST publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp7 (Max players): The server has 7 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join; cs164530 (Build): Game build: 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include TEST?

On Rust Population, TEST is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on TEST?

The record holds too few of TEST'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. The world it runs now dates from 33 days 17 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does TEST run?

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

What are the rules and settings on TEST?

Nothing in TEST'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. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does TEST run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows is what TEST uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is TEST online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, TEST was last seen 27 days 16 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 30 September 2026.

Where is TEST located?

No region is published by TEST. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 98.97.136.218:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join TEST?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 98.97.136.218:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp7,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp7
Max players The server has 7 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2633
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2633, to join.
cs164530
Build Game build: 164530.
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.