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Test Server

Online 45.45.238.200:28080 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#11,968top 54%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe2d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123410:0019:0004:0014:0023:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020010:0019:0004:0014:0023:0008:00

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 54% of all ranked servers. 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
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

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
Sun 25 Oct, 14:32 UTC2d ago 1 – 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Test Server?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Test Server: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

What do the server tags on Test Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Test Server: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does Test Server rank against other Rust servers?

A seven-day player-hours placing of #11,968 puts Test Server in the top 54% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Test Server right now?

The current tally at Test Server: 0 players across 50 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.

Server facts

Is Test Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Test Server is up and running. About 20 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Test Server run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 99, and it never went below 79. Entities reached a maximum of 108,157: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,813 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Test Server located?

No region is published by Test Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 45.45.238.200:28080.

Which Rust version is Test Server on?

On Windows, Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Test Server when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Test Server?

The record of Test Server's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. 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. 2 days 19 hours is when the present world was made.

The rules

Which map does Test Server run?

Generated by the game with seed 1287589039, the map on Test Server is procedural and 4,250 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on Test Server?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Test Server. The group limit is 8 players, 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 files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins power it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.

Getting in

How do I join Test Server?

Enter client.connect 45.45.238.200:28080 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp50
Max players Slots: 50.
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 Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.