THETESTER
52.240.176.160:28015 checked 21d ago
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 67% 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
Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is THETESTER?
Right now THETESTER is offline; the last sighting was 21 days 5 hours ago.
How does THETESTER rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, THETESTER ranks #15,470 worldwide and sits in the top 67% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on THETESTER?
The rhythm of THETESTER cannot yet be told: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. 21 days 5 hours is how long the present world has lasted.
Server
Is THETESTER online, and how reliable is it?
Live status for THETESTER: offline, last seen 21 days 5 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. Its first appearance in When Is Wipe data was 22 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does THETESTER run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165327 on Windows is what THETESTER runs. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is THETESTER located?
No region is published by THETESTER. What When Is Wipe shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. 52.240.176.160:28015 is its address.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include THETESTER? And filters?
The When Is Wipe lists THETESTER fits are: Community Rust servers. These filters bring it up 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 THETESTER mean?
gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): Capacity is 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version has to be on protocol 2633 to connect; cs165327 (Build): Build 165327; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code are the tags THETESTER publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags also hold its population now, its queue and when its world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Rules, map
What rules does THETESTER enforce? And settings?
THETESTER's name makes no mention of a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the default. gather, build and raid, as standard That is the game mode: survival. You can fight and raid other players. A community server, it appears in the Community section. VAC is off.
How to join
How do I join THETESTER?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 52.240.176.160:28015 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165327,ts8
Game
gmrust- Game mode This server runs standard Rust survival.
mp500- Max players Capacity is 500 slots.
ts8- Group limit Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default.
v2633- Protocol Your game version has to be on protocol 2633 to connect.
cs165327- Build Build 165327.
ptrak- Networking This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer.
$r?- Region code The server has no region code.
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.