Kitchen Test Server
Online 157.85.87.183:27291 checked 8m 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 56% 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, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 15:40 UTC14d 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Kitchen Test Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Kitchen Test Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Kitchen Test Server mean?
These are the tags Kitchen Test Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp40 (Max players): Slots: 40; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; 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; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does Kitchen Test Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #12,407 puts Kitchen Test Server in the top 56% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Kitchen Test Server right now?
0 players are on Kitchen Test Server at the moment, out of 40 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.
Server facts
Is Kitchen Test Server online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Kitchen Test Server is online. About 11 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 165, a 98% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Does Kitchen Test Server run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 121, with 98 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 67,964: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,303 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is Kitchen Test Server located?
No region is published by Kitchen 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 157.85.87.183:27291.
Which Rust version is Kitchen Test Server on?
On Linux, Kitchen Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Kitchen Test Server when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Kitchen Test Server?
Kitchen Test Server's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 14 days 13 hours.
The rules
Which map does Kitchen Test Server run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 96892806 is what Kitchen Test Server runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Kitchen Test Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Kitchen 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. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Getting in
How do I join Kitchen Test Server?
Enter client.connect 157.85.87.183:27291 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.