test pop
Offline 220.158.18.17:28015 checked 22d 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% 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 test pop?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include test pop: 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 test pop mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from test pop: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp3 (Max players): It has 3 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2633 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2633, so your client has to match it to join; cs165217 (Build): It's on game build 165217; 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.
Population
How does test pop rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank test pop at #15,983, within the top 71% of ranked servers.
How many players are on test pop right now?
test pop went quiet 22 days 17 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server facts
Is test pop online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: test pop was last seen 22 days 17 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Where is test pop located?
There is no region from test pop. 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 220.158.18.17:28015.
Which Rust version is test pop on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 is the version test pop runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on test pop?
test pop's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 53 days 14 hours.
The rules
Which map does test pop run?
A procedural map of 3,700 with seed 679174536 is what test pop runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on test pop?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on test pop. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join test pop?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 220.158.18.17:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.