Offline 20.169.53.178:28015 checked 24d ago
THETESTER
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 500 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
ResultsWipes
newest first| 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.
Server details
Is THETESTER online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment, THETESTER was last seen 24 days 20 hours ago. The last 7 full days put it at 0 of 168 hours up, 0% uptime. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 3 October 2026.
Which Rust version is THETESTER on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166655 on Windows: that is the setup at THETESTER. Same protocol or no entry: your game must match, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Where is THETESTER located?
No region is published by THETESTER. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. You will find it at 20.169.53.178:28015.
Lists and filters
What do the server tags on THETESTER mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival as standard; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634: join only if your game matches that version; cs166655 (Build): It runs game build 166655; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): Modded is its category: plugins or settings change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework is Carbon are the tags THETESTER publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. You will also find its current players, its queue and the age of its world in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include THETESTER?
You will find THETESTER on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Modded Rust servers, live. Searching the server list with these filters returns it: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server rules
What are the rules and settings on THETESTER?
The name of THETESTER does not say what the gather rate is. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. build, gather and raid in the standard game: that is the survival game mode. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Carbon plugins are running. VAC is off, so Valve's anti-cheat is not watching.
Live counts
What is the population on THETESTER at the moment?
Down at the moment, THETESTER was last seen 24 days 20 hours ago.
Where does THETESTER sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days place THETESTER at #16,010, among the top 71% of ranked servers.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on THETESTER?
The record holds too few of THETESTER's wipes to tell its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe lands, and every Rust server wipes. 24 days 20 hours ago is when its current world was made.
Connect
How do I join THETESTER?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 20.169.53.178:28015. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166655,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2634
cs166655
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.