NUC Testbed
Offline 71.223.68.160:28015 checked 7d 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 59% 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include NUC Testbed?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include NUC Testbed: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on NUC Testbed mean?
For the server browser, NUC Testbed lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): There are 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
The players
How does NUC Testbed rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #13,134 puts NUC Testbed in the top 59% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on NUC Testbed right now?
Offline now, NUC Testbed was last spotted 7 days 7 hours ago. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 1 players.
Server facts
Is NUC Testbed online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: NUC Testbed was last seen 7 days 7 hours ago. It was up 2% of the time over the last 7 full days, 4 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 14 October 2026.
Where is NUC Testbed located?
No region is published by NUC Testbed. 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 71.223.68.160:28015.
Which Rust version is NUC Testbed on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 is the version NUC Testbed runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on NUC Testbed?
The record of NUC Testbed'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. 13 days 15 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does NUC Testbed run?
The map on NUC Testbed is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on NUC Testbed?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on NUC Testbed. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. It appears under Community in the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join NUC Testbed?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 71.223.68.160:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.