THETESTER
52.165.62.81:28015 checked 9d 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 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
| 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
Population
THETESTER ranking: what position does it hold?
Over the last seven days, THETESTER ranks #15,961 in player hours, which is in the top 71% of ranked servers.
How many players are on THETESTER?
THETESTER is not online at the moment; its last appearance was 9 days 2 hours ago.
Server Tags
THETESTER tags: what do they indicate?
The game's server browser reads these tags from THETESTER: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard; mp500 (Max players): Slot count is 500; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size: 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs166655 (Build): Running build 166655; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): Region code not set. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue and when its world was made, taken from the tags.
Where does THETESTER appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
These BestRustServers.xyz lists include THETESTER: Rust community servers, ranked. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Information
What Rust version is THETESTER on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166655 on Linux is what THETESTER uses. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is THETESTER and is it online?
Offline now for THETESTER, last seen 9 days 2 hours ago. Over the past 7 full days, it was online 0 of 168 hours, 0% of the time. It was first seen by BestRustServers.xyz on 4 October 2026.
Where can THETESTER be found?
No region is given by THETESTER. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. 52.165.62.81:28015 is its address.
Rules & Map
THETESTER rules and settings: what are they?
A gather rate is not given in the name THETESTER. No group limit is stated; the game's default of 8 players applies. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player combat and raiding are enabled. Community is its browser category. VAC protection is off.
Wipe Information
On what schedule does THETESTER wipe?
The record holds too few wipes for THETESTER to show a rhythm. The monthly force wipe applies to every Rust server, and the next is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The current world has been running since 9 days 2 hours.
How to Join
THETESTER joining: how is it done?
Use the F1 console: client.connect 52.165.62.81:28015. Launch Rust on this page does the same by opening Rust through Steam and connecting.
Server tags
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166655,ts8
Game
gmrust- Game mode Rust survival, standard.
mp500- Max players Slot count is 500.
ts8- Group limit Default team size: 8.
v2634- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs166655- Build Running build 166655.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code Region code not set.
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.