Preflight Test
Offline 172.237.12.235:44801 checked 26d 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 70% 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?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Preflight Test: 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): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166601 (Build): Game build: 166601; 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): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does Preflight Test rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,905 puts Preflight Test in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Preflight Test right now?
Preflight Test went quiet 26 days 19 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
About the server
Is Preflight Test online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Preflight Test was last seen 26 days 19 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 2 October 2026.
Where is Preflight Test located?
No region is published by Preflight Test. 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 172.237.12.235:44801.
Which Rust version is Preflight Test on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166601 is the version Preflight Test runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Preflight Test?
The record of Preflight Test's wipes is still too thin to show 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. 26 days 19 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Preflight Test run?
A procedural map is what Preflight Test runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Preflight Test?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Preflight Test. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Carbon. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Preflight Test?
Enter client.connect 172.237.12.235:44801 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.