private test (do not join)
Offline NA 15.204.105.172:28015 checked 4d 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 11% of all ranked servers, top 20% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 22h. 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 12, 7 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 18:13 UTC7d ago | 12 | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 18:05 UTC14d ago | 14 | halved by day 6 | 7 days | 2 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 18:04 UTC21d ago | 13 | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 2 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:56 UTC FW28d ago | 9 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 18:04 UTC35d ago | 14 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 2 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 18:05 UTC42d ago | 17 | halved by day 3 | 7 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Who runs private test (do not join)?
A thecouch.lol hostname is published by private test (do not join), and by 1 other server we track, so they probably share an operator.
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include private test (do not join)?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include private test (do not join): Rust tutorial servers, Community servers, by the numbers, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Tutorial on ^t and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on private test (do not join) mean?
For the server browser, private test (do not join) lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): Every week brings a wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is on offer for new players; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America; sc1 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does private test (do not join) rank against other Rust servers?
private test (do not join) takes #2,350 on seven-day player hours, a top 11% spot overall and #374 across North America.
How many players are on private test (do not join) right now?
The last sighting of private test (do not join) was 4 days 1 hours ago, and it is offline now. Peak for the week was 12, against an average of 5 players.
About the server
Is private test (do not join) online, and how reliable is it?
private test (do not join) shows as offline, last spotted 4 days 1 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 49%, with 82 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Where is private test (do not join) located?
In North America, private test (do not join) lists itself with its NA tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 15.204.105.172:28015.
Which Rust version is private test (do not join) on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version private test (do not join) runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on private test (do not join) when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 13 players. 7 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 3 whenever it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on private test (do not join)?
Wipes on private test (do not join) follow a every Thursday at 18:13 UTC pattern. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it is running now dates from 7 days 2 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.
Map and rules
Which map does private test (do not join) run?
Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on private test (do not join) is procedural and 3,500 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. Custom Map is how the map name reads.
What are the rules and settings on private test (do not join)?
The name of private test (do not join) says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join private test (do not join)?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 15.204.105.172:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://thecouch.lol.