Home test server
Offline EU 176.63.3.176:28015 checked 20h 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 53% of all ranked servers, top 81% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 5h. 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 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 28 Oct, 16:07 UTC21h ago | – | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 08:04 UTC27d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 26.3 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 14:34 UTC27d ago | 1 | – | 0.7 days | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 12:12 UTC29d ago | 1 | – | 1.1 days | 0 |
| Sat 26 Sep, 19:30 UTC32d ago | 1 | – | 3.7 days | 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 Home test server?
You'll find Home test server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
What do the server tags on Home test server mean?
For the server browser, Home test server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp500 (Max players): Slots: 500; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^b (Biweekly): It wipes on a two-week cycle; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Home test server rank against other Rust servers?
Home test server takes #11,751 on seven-day player hours, a top 53% spot overall and #2,369 across Europe.
How many players are on Home test server right now?
The last sighting of Home test server was 20 hours ago, and it is offline now. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 1 players. Look at 16:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.
Server details
Is Home test server online, and how reliable is it?
The server Home test server is not online now; 20 hours have passed since it was last seen. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 3, a 2% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 15 September 2026.
Where is Home test server located?
With its EU tag, Home test server lists itself in Europe. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 176.63.3.176:28015.
Which Rust version is Home test server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Home test server runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Home test server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 0% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on Home test server?
Too few wipes are recorded on Home test server to confirm its schedule, so its tag drives the prediction. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 21 hours. Its tags set out a wipe schedule of one wipe every two weeks.
The rules
Which map does Home test server run?
A procedural map is what Home test server runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Home test server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Home test server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Carbon. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join Home test server?
Enter client.connect 176.63.3.176:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.