THETESTER
Offline 20.29.188.146:28015 checked 27d ago
Players now
- Full
- 0%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- –
- Peak, 7 days
- –
0% full
Rank
top 69%
7-day average
peak –
Last wipe
no schedule published
Next wipe
no wipe seen yet
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% 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
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- 1 356/ 400
- 2 450/ 500
- 3 977/ 1000
- 4 53/ 100
- 5 985/ 1000
- 6 32/ 250
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageAbout
Is THETESTER online, and how reliable is it?
THETESTER is not online right now, and 27 days 9 hours have passed since we last saw it. The last 7 full days show 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. Rust Dashboard logged it for the first time on 2 October 2026.
Which version of Rust does THETESTER run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 is running on THETESTER, which sits on Windows. Joining needs the same protocol on your side, and Steam handles that update.
Where is THETESTER located?
No region tag comes from THETESTER. A server's stated location is what Rust Dashboard displays; it does not check where the machine stands. 20.29.188.146:28015 is where it lives.
Lists
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include THETESTER?
You'll find THETESTER on these themed lists at Rust Dashboard: Best Rust community servers. You'll find it 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 THETESTER mean?
The browser in the game reads gmrust (Game mode): This is Rust as it comes, with survival rules unchanged; mp500 (Max players): 500 is the slot count; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: 8 per team at most; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs to be on the same version, protocol 2634, to get in; cs166586 (Build): Build 166586 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the standard network layer for the game, and it is what runs here; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank from THETESTER as its tags. At the top of this page you'll find the current players, the queue and the world's creation time, which the tags carry too.
Population
How busy is THETESTER?
The last sighting of THETESTER was 27 days 9 hours ago; it is offline right now.
How does THETESTER rank against other Rust servers?
Ranked #15,917 on the last seven days of player hours, THETESTER is in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on THETESTER?
THETESTER has too few wipes on record yet for its rhythm to be seen. A force wipe comes once a month for all Rust servers, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world now in play was generated 27 days 9 hours ago.
Rules
What are the rules and settings on THETESTER?
The name of THETESTER gives no gather rate. 8 players per group is the game's default, and that is the cap here. survival is the mode here, gather, build and raid: the standard game. You can fight other players and raid their bases. It appears in the Community section of the server browser. The anti-cheat from Valve, VAC, is not active.
Connect
How do I join THETESTER?
Type client.connect 20.29.188.146:28015 in the Rust console, which F1 opens. Launch Rust on this page also works: Steam opens Rust and connects you.