Paul's Test Server
Offline 51.6.180.196:28015 checked 29d ago
Players now
- Full
- 0%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- –
- Peak, 7 days
- –
0% full
Rank
top 71%
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 71% 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- 1 237/ 275
- 2 138/ 200
- 3 27/ 250
- 4 14/ 250
- 5 30/ 100
- 6 0/ 200
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer details
Is Paul's Test Server online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw Paul's Test Server 29 days 9 hours ago. It is offline at the moment. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online: 0%. The first time Rust Dashboard recorded it was 27 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Paul's Test Server run?
Paul's Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217, and Windows is the system under it. Steam keeps your game updated, so it will be on the same protocol and able to join.
Where is Paul's Test Server located?
There is no region on Paul's Test Server. Rust Dashboard takes the location a server gives; the machine's real position is not checked. You'll connect at 51.6.180.196:28015.
Tags
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include Paul's Test Server?
You'll find Paul's Test Server 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 Paul's Test Server mean?
These are the tags Paul's Test Server publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): This is Rust as it comes, with survival rules unchanged; mp2 (Max players): The server has 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game's own limit of 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2633; your build has to match it to join; cs165217 (Build): The game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server sets no region code. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How busy is Paul's Test Server?
At the moment Paul's Test Server is offline; it last showed 29 days 9 hours ago.
How does Paul's Test Server rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Paul's Test Server at #16,880, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Paul's Test Server?
The record holds too few of Paul's Test Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe takes every Rust server with it. The world it runs now dates from 31 days 12 hours ago.
Rules
What are the rules and settings on Paul's Test Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Paul's Test Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players are both allowed. You will find it under Community in the server browser. Valve's VAC anti-cheat runs here.
Which map does Paul's Test Server run?
The game generates the map on Paul's Test Server, which is procedural.
Connect
How do I join Paul's Test Server?
The console in Rust opens with F1, and client.connect 51.6.180.196:28015 goes in there. Launch Rust on this page is the other route, opening Rust through Steam to connect you.