BW Test Server
Online 104.143.3.209:29015 checked 5m ago
Vital stats
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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 63% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:53 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include BW Test Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include BW Test Server: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on BW Test Server mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from BW Test Server: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp40 (Max players): It has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; modded (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does BW Test Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place BW Test Server at #13,895, in the top 63% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on BW Test Server right now?
0 players are on BW Test Server at the moment, out of 40 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.
About the server
Is BW Test Server online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, BW Test Server is up and running. About 6 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does BW Test Server run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 58, and it never went below 43. At its peak it held 115,836 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 5,957 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is BW Test Server located?
No region is published by BW Test Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 104.143.3.209:29015.
Which Rust version is BW Test Server on?
On Linux, BW Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on BW Test Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 1 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on BW Test Server?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for BW Test Server, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 27 days 1 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.
The rules
Which map does BW Test Server run?
Generated by the game with seed 1583848389, the map on BW Test Server is procedural and 4,250 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on BW Test Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of BW Test Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join BW Test Server?
Enter client.connect 104.143.3.209:29015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/ZHnKkR9VaZ.