Offline NA 15.204.105.172:28015 checked 4d ago
private test (do not join)
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 1 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 11% of all ranked servers, top 21% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
fixed weekdaysNext wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 6d 21h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 6d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 13d 20hThu 12 Nov, 18:13 UTC
- 20d 20hThu 19 Nov, 18:13 UTC
- 27d 20hThu 26 Nov, 18:13 UTC
- 34d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
- 41d 20hThu 10 Dec, 18:13 UTC
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 12, 7 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 18:13 UTC7d ago | 12 | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 18:05 UTC14d ago | 14 | halved by day 6 | 7 days | 2 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 18:04 UTC21d ago | 13 | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 2 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:56 UTC FW28d ago | 9 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 18:04 UTC35d ago | 14 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 2 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 18:05 UTC42d ago | 17 | halved by day 3 | 7 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.
Server details
Is private test (do not join) online, and how reliable is it?
Offline right now, with a last sighting 4 days 3 hours ago: private test (do not join). 82 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 49% of the time. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 13 September 2026.
Which Rust version is private test (do not join) on?
Linux carries Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 at private test (do not join). To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is private test (do not join) located?
Its NA tag places private test (do not join) in North America. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. You will find it at 15.204.105.172:28015.
Tags
What do the server tags on private test (do not join) mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp1 (Max players): It holds 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^w (Weekly): Wipes come every week; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game unaltered: no rates, kits or rules are changed; ^t (Tutorial on): New to Rust? Facepunch's tutorial runs here; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America; sc1 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin added this non-standard tag are the tags private test (do not join) publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page the tags give you its players right now, its queue and the date its world was created.
Who runs private test (do not join)?
You can see a thecouch.lol hostname on private test (do not join), and on 1 other server we track, so one operator probably runs them all.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include private test (do not join)?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include private test (do not join) are: Community servers, ranked live, Rust tutorial servers, North America Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers. Under the server list's filters it appears in: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Tutorial on ^t and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Map and rules
Which map is running on private test (do not join)?
Size 3,500, seed 1337: that is the procedural map private test (do not join) runs, generated by the game. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page, since size and seed give the same map. Read the map name off the board: Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on private test (do not join)?
Nothing in the name of private test (do not join) states a gather rate. The cap is 8 players per group, the game's default. survival, build, gather and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. Plugins in use: Oxide. Vanilla is its own label: facepunch's game unaltered: no rates, kits or rules are changed. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Population
What is the population on private test (do not join) at the moment?
Down at the moment, private test (do not join) was last seen 4 days 3 hours ago. The seven-day average sits at 5 players; the peak reached 12.
Where does private test (do not join) sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days private test (do not join) has logged enough player hours for #2,396, which puts it in the top 11% of ranked servers and at #383 in North America.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on private test (do not join)?
every Thursday at 18:13 UTC is when private test (do not join) wipes. When every Rust server wipes, on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, its next wipe is the force wipe. 7 days 3 hours ago is when its current world was made. A weekly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
What does wipe day look like on private test (do not join)?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 13 players on average. The crowd reached its peak 7 hours after the latest wipe. Until the next wipe, the crowd stayed above half that peak in 0% of its recent wipes. It fell below half by day 3 when it didn't hold.
Joining the server
How do I join private test (do not join)?
In the Rust console (F1) type client.connect 15.204.105.172:28015. Alternatively, Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and drops you straight in. You will find the website at https://thecouch.lol.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,NA,^t,gmrust,cs168909,sc1,ts8,^o
Game
gmrust
mp1
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^w
Difficulty
^v
Gameplay
^t
Mods and access
^o
Region
NA
Other
sc1
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.