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ADMIN ONLY TESTING

Online 66.51.98.73:28025 checked 7m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#10,952top 49%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe11h agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeakWipe
00.250.50.75122:0007:0016:0000:0009:0019:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 10:03 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
02040608022:0007:0016:0000:0009:0019:00Wiped Wed 28 Oct, 10:03 UTCWIPE

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 20 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 49% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence

6.5 days
usual gap
between real wipes
20%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
40%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Sun 18 OctMon 12 OctFri 2 Oct
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Wed 28 Oct, 10:03 UTC11h ago – – running 0
Sun 18 Oct, 14:33 UTC10d ago 1 halved by day 1 9.8 days 0
Mon 12 Oct, 02:52 UTC16d ago 1 halved by day 1 6.5 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 10:26 UTC26d ago 1 halved by day 2 9.7 days 0
Mon 28 Sep, 02:13 UTC30d ago 2 held half 4.3 days 1
Thu 24 Sep, 05:41 UTC34d ago 3 held half 3.9 days 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 ADMIN ONLY TESTING?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include ADMIN ONLY TESTING: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

What do the server tags on ADMIN ONLY TESTING mean?

For the server browser, ADMIN ONLY TESTING lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^q (Premium): You need Rust's premium status to get in; sc1 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

Population

How does ADMIN ONLY TESTING rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank ADMIN ONLY TESTING at #10,952, within the top 49% of ranked servers.

How many players are on ADMIN ONLY TESTING right now?

ADMIN ONLY TESTING is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players. Look at 12:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.

About the server

Is ADMIN ONLY TESTING online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, ADMIN ONLY TESTING is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 5 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 20 September 2026.

Does ADMIN ONLY TESTING run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 8 server fps, with a low of 5. Entities reached a maximum of 104,882: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,684 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is ADMIN ONLY TESTING located?

There is no region from ADMIN ONLY 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 66.51.98.73:28025.

Which Rust version is ADMIN ONLY TESTING on?

On Linux, ADMIN ONLY TESTING runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on ADMIN ONLY TESTING when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Its recent wipes kept the crowd above half the peak until the next one 40% of the time. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.

What is the wipe schedule on ADMIN ONLY TESTING?

Wipes on ADMIN ONLY TESTING come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 11 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Map and rules

Which map does ADMIN ONLY TESTING run?

Generated by the game with seed 1, the map on ADMIN ONLY TESTING is procedural and 4,250 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on ADMIN ONLY TESTING?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on ADMIN ONLY TESTING. 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. You need Rust's premium status to get in. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join ADMIN ONLY TESTING?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 66.51.98.73:28025. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You need Rust's premium status to get in.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,gmrust,cs168909,^q,sc1,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^q
Premium You need Rust's premium status to get in.

Other

sc1
Custom tag A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags.

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.