solo testing
Offline 216.16.101.189:28015 checked 1d 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 31% 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 solo testing?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include solo testing: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on solo testing mean?
For the server browser, solo testing lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does solo testing rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place solo testing at #6,845, in the top 31% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on solo testing right now?
solo testing went quiet 27 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 1 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 04:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Server details
Is solo testing online, and how reliable is it?
The server solo testing is not online now; 27 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 15% of the time over the last 7 full days, 26 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 17 October 2026.
Where is solo testing located?
There is no region from solo testing. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 216.16.101.189:28015.
Which Rust version is solo testing on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version solo testing runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on solo testing?
solo testing's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 12 days 7 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does solo testing run?
The map on solo testing is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on solo testing?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on solo testing. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join solo testing?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 216.16.101.189:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.