THETESTER
Offline 20.29.188.146:28015 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 69% 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include THETESTER?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include THETESTER: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on THETESTER mean?
These are the tags THETESTER publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): There are 500 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; cs166586 (Build): It's on game build 166586; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does THETESTER rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place THETESTER at #15,917, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on THETESTER right now?
Offline now, THETESTER was last spotted 26 days 20 hours ago.
Server details
Is THETESTER online, and how reliable is it?
THETESTER shows as offline, last spotted 26 days 20 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 2 October 2026.
Where is THETESTER located?
No region is published by THETESTER. 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 20.29.188.146:28015.
Which Rust version is THETESTER on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 is the version THETESTER runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on THETESTER?
Too few wipes are on record for THETESTER 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 26 days 20 hours.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on THETESTER?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on THETESTER. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched off.
Join up
How do I join THETESTER?
Enter client.connect 20.29.188.146:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.