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WTF|R&D|Testing Server|

Online 70.177.77.170:28015 checked 12m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 5 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 2
Rank#7,664top 34%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.511.5207:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

05010015020007:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

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 28 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
15k10k15k20k26 Sep3 Oct9 Oct16 Oct22 Oct29 Oct

Top 34% 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.

4.9 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Tue 6 OctThu 1 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 33 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 6 Oct, 16:05 UTC22d ago 4 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 18:52 UTC FW27d ago 1 held half 4.9 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 WTF|R&D|Testing Server|?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include WTF|R&D|Testing 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.

What do the server tags on WTF|R&D|Testing Server| mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from WTF|R&D|Testing Server|: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): There are 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^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.

Player counts

How does WTF|R&D|Testing Server| rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place WTF|R&D|Testing Server| at #7,664, in the top 34% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on WTF|R&D|Testing Server| right now?

The current tally at WTF|R&D|Testing Server|: 0 players across 5 slots. Peak for the week was 2, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 22:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

About the server

Is WTF|R&D|Testing Server| online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, WTF|R&D|Testing Server| is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 2 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 57%, with 96 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 26 September 2026.

Does WTF|R&D|Testing Server| run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 120 server fps, with a low of 76. Entities reached a maximum of 94,779: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 3,539 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is WTF|R&D|Testing Server| located?

There is no region from WTF|R&D|Testing 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 70.177.77.170:28015.

Which Rust version is WTF|R&D|Testing Server| on?

On Windows, WTF|R&D|Testing Server| runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on WTF|R&D|Testing Server| when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 33 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on WTF|R&D|Testing Server|?

Too few wipes are on record for WTF|R&D|Testing Server| to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 27 days 10 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does WTF|R&D|Testing Server| run?

Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on WTF|R&D|Testing Server| is procedural and 6,000 in size. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on WTF|R&D|Testing Server|?

The name of WTF|R&D|Testing Server| says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join WTF|R&D|Testing Server|?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 70.177.77.170:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players There are 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

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.