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HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only

Online NA · us1 198.254.93.12:28015 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#13,138top 59% · #1430 in NA
Regionus1NA · group 8, the default
Last wipe29d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123403:0012:0021:0007:0016:0001:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608003:0012:0021:0007:0016:0001:00

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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 59% of all ranked servers, top 76% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1.2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 28 SepSun 27 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 28 Sep, 20:50 UTC29d ago 1 – running 0
Sun 27 Sep, 16:27 UTC30d ago 1 – 1.2 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Who runs HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?

HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only and 2 other servers we track publish a hncrust.com hostname, which points to one operator behind them.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?

You'll find HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only mean?

For the server browser, HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $rus1 (Region code): Coded to region us1; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America; rustmaps (Custom tag): Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only rank against other Rust servers?

HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only takes #13,138 on seven-day player hours, a top 59% spot overall and #1,430 across North America.

How many players are on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only right now?

HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.

Server facts

Is HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only is up and running. About 1 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 98% of the time over the last 7 full days, 165 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 52 server fps, with a low of 4. Entities reached a maximum of 139,959: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 5,760 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only located?

With its NA tag, HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only places itself in North America; its region code is us1. 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 198.254.93.12:28015.

Which Rust version is HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

The wipe schedule

What happens on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?

Too few wipes are on record for HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only to reveal its rhythm. 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 29 days 2 hours.

Rules and settings

Which map does HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only run?

Download the published map file from this page: it is a custom map of 4,750 on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only.

What are the rules and settings on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?

The name of HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs pve, no fighting other players. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 198.254.93.12:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://hncrust.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$rus1,v2635,NA,^p,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$rus1
Region code Coded to region us1.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is under North America.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it.

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.