Preflight Test
Offline 172.104.86.66:44852 checked 28d 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 71% 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Preflight Test?
You'll find Preflight Test on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Preflight Test mean?
For the server browser, Preflight Test 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; v2633 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): It's on game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Preflight Test rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Preflight Test at #16,837, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Preflight Test right now?
The last sighting of Preflight Test was 28 days 20 hours ago, and it is offline now.
About the server
Is Preflight Test online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Preflight Test was last seen 28 days 20 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 30 September 2026.
Where is Preflight Test located?
There is no region from Preflight Test. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 172.104.86.66:44852.
Which Rust version is Preflight Test on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version Preflight Test runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Preflight Test?
The record of Preflight Test's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 28 days 20 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Preflight Test run?
Preflight Test uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on Preflight Test?
The name of Preflight Test says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join Preflight Test?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 172.104.86.66:44852. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.