THETESTER
Offline 52.165.62.81:28015 checked 24d 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 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include THETESTER?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include THETESTER: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it 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?
For the server browser, THETESTER lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp500 (Max players): Slots: 500; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs166655 (Build): The game build is 166655; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $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 THETESTER rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,961 puts THETESTER in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on THETESTER right now?
The last sighting of THETESTER was 24 days 3 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server facts
Is THETESTER online, and how reliable is it?
THETESTER shows as offline, last spotted 24 days 3 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 4 October 2026.
Where is THETESTER located?
There is no region from THETESTER. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 52.165.62.81:28015.
Which Rust version is THETESTER on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166655 is the version THETESTER runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on THETESTER?
The record of THETESTER's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. 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 24 days 3 hours.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on THETESTER?
The name of THETESTER says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.
Join up
How do I join THETESTER?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 52.165.62.81:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.