Von's Testing Facility
Online 45.138.200.219:29015 checked 2h 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 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 8 Oct, 08:09 UTC20d ago | 0 | – | running | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Von's Testing Facility?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Von's Testing Facility: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Von's Testing Facility mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Von's Testing Facility: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167058 (Build): It's on game build 167058; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for plugins. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Von's Testing Facility rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,373 puts Von's Testing Facility in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Von's Testing Facility right now?
Von's Testing Facility is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
About the server
Is Von's Testing Facility online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, Von's Testing Facility is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 20 days 7 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Does Von's Testing Facility run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 224, with 208 as the lowest. At its peak it held 17,917 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 3,437 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is Von's Testing Facility located?
There is no region from Von's Testing Facility. 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 45.138.200.219:29015.
Which Rust version is Von's Testing Facility on?
On Linux, Von's Testing Facility runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on Von's Testing Facility when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Von's Testing Facility?
Von's Testing Facility'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 20 days 11 hours.
The rules
Which map does Von's Testing Facility run?
Generated by the game with seed 56498541, the map on Von's Testing Facility is procedural and 2,000 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.
What are the rules and settings on Von's Testing Facility?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Von's Testing Facility. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins are running on it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join Von's Testing Facility?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 45.138.200.219:29015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.