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Salty Test #2

Online 194.69.160.182:28025 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 20 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#11,215top 50%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
No wipesresets5 new worlds this week: a reset every few hours, not a wipe schedule
Next wipe–resets, no wipes
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123414:0023:0008:0016:0002:0011:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 50% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

New worlds

World resets

a new world every few hours; none of these counts as a wipe
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 25 Oct, 00:30 UTC4d ago – – – 0
Sat 24 Oct, 23:13 UTC4d ago – – – 0
Thu 22 Oct, 18:54 UTC6d ago – – – 0
Thu 22 Oct, 15:36 UTC6d ago – – – 0
Thu 22 Oct, 15:15 UTC6d ago – – – 1
Wed 21 Oct, 18:57 UTC7d ago – – – 1
Wed 21 Oct, 18:22 UTC7d ago – – – 1
Wed 21 Oct, 16:48 UTC7d ago – – – 1
Wed 21 Oct, 16:07 UTC7d ago – – – 0
Tue 20 Oct, 23:47 UTC8d ago – – – 1
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The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Salty Test #2?

You'll find Salty Test #2 on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.

What do the server tags on Salty Test #2 mean?

These are the tags Salty Test #2 publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp20 (Max players): There are 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs169075 (Build): The game build is 169075; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for plugins. 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 Salty Test #2 rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #11,215 puts Salty Test #2 in the top 50% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Salty Test #2 right now?

The current tally at Salty Test #2: 0 players across 20 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1.

Server facts

Is Salty Test #2 online, and how reliable is it?

Salty Test #2 is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 4 days 10 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 17 September 2026.

Does Salty Test #2 run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 59 server fps, with a low of 43. The world carried as many as 90,000 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 4,908 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Salty Test #2 located?

No region is published by Salty Test #2. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 194.69.160.182:28025.

Which Rust version is Salty Test #2 on?

On Linux, Salty Test #2 runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 169075. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What is the wipe schedule on Salty Test #2?

None of the resets on Salty Test #2 counts as a wipe, because a new world is made every few hours and no wipe schedule is kept.

The rules

Which map does Salty Test #2 run?

Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on Salty Test #2 is procedural and 4,000 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. Custom Map is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on Salty Test #2?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Salty Test #2. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, 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. Carbon plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join Salty Test #2?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 194.69.160.182:28025. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs169075,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp20
Max players There are 20 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs169075
Build The game build is 169075.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.
^y
Carbon This server uses Carbon for plugins.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.