THETESTER
Offline 52.165.62.81:28015 checked 23d 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- 1 636/ 675
- 2 485/ 525
- 3 59/ 250
- 4 36/ 250
- 5 138/ 200
- 6 255/ 300
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageAbout
Is THETESTER online, and how reliable is it?
THETESTER is not online right now, and 23 days 21 hours have passed since we last saw it. The last 7 full days show 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. Our records for it start on 4 October 2026, when Rust Dashboard first saw it.
Which version of Rust does THETESTER run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166655 is running on THETESTER, which sits on Linux. You need the same protocol as the server to join. Steam updates your game for you.
Where is THETESTER located?
No region is published by THETESTER. Rust Dashboard takes the location a server gives; the machine's real position is not checked. 52.165.62.81:28015 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): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634; your build has to match it to join; cs166655 (Build): This one runs game build 166655; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server sets no region code from THETESTER as its tags. Current players, queue length and world creation time sit in the tags as well, and appear at the top of this page.
Player counts
How busy is THETESTER?
At the moment THETESTER is offline; it last showed 23 days 21 hours ago.
How does THETESTER rank against other Rust servers?
Ranked #15,961 on the last seven days of player hours, THETESTER is in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on THETESTER?
Too few wipes are on record for THETESTER to show its rhythm. The monthly force wipe applies to every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world now in play was generated 23 days 21 hours ago.
Settings
What are the rules and settings on THETESTER?
No gather rate appears in the name of THETESTER. 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. Fighting and raiding between players are both allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC is off: that is Valve's anti-cheat.
How to join
How do I join THETESTER?
The console in Rust opens with F1, and client.connect 52.165.62.81:28015 goes in there. Launch Rust on this page is the other route, opening Rust through Steam to connect you.