lux testing grounds
Offline 73.44.106.172:28015 checked 27d 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 65% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 21:24 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 13:55 UTC34d ago | 1 | – | 7.3 days | 1 |
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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include lux testing grounds?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include lux testing grounds: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters 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 lux testing grounds mean?
For the server browser, lux testing grounds lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp3 (Max players): Slots: 3; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166494 (Build): Game build: 166494; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does lux testing grounds rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,047 puts lux testing grounds in the top 65% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on lux testing grounds right now?
Offline now, lux testing grounds was last spotted 27 days 12 hours ago.
Server details
Is lux testing grounds online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: lux testing grounds was last seen 27 days 12 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 17 September 2026.
Where is lux testing grounds located?
No region is published by lux testing grounds. 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 73.44.106.172:28015.
Which Rust version is lux testing grounds on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 is the version lux testing grounds runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on lux testing grounds when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on lux testing grounds?
lux testing grounds's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. 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. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 12 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does lux testing grounds run?
lux testing grounds uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on lux testing grounds?
The name of lux testing grounds says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join lux testing grounds?
Enter client.connect 73.44.106.172:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.