local test
Offline 124.189.20.69:28015 checked 5d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 66% 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 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 Oct, 12:54 UTC5d 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 local test?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include local test: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on local test mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from local test: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): It has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does local test rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #14,679 puts local test in the top 66% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on local test right now?
local test went quiet 5 days 17 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server details
Is local test online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: local test was last seen 5 days 17 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 5 full days, 0 of 120 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 23 October 2026.
Where is local test located?
No region is published by local test. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 124.189.20.69:28015.
Which Rust version is local test on?
On Windows, local test runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What happens on local test 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 local test?
Too few wipes are on record for local test to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 5 days 17 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does local test run?
The map on local test is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on local test?
The name of local test says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is off: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join local test?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 124.189.20.69:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.