THETESTER
Offline 52.165.62.81:28015 checked 23d ago
Li2Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Li3Server 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.
Li4Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Bx1Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| 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.
Bx6Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesLogQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe day
What is the wipe schedule on THETESTER?
Its rhythm cannot yet be told: too few of THETESTER's wipes are on record. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world in play now was made 23 days 22 hours ago.
Population
How busy is THETESTER?
THETESTER went quiet 23 days 22 hours ago and is offline right now.
How does THETESTER rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put THETESTER at #15,961, in the top 71% of ranked servers.
Settings and rules
What are the rules and settings on THETESTER?
No gather rate appears in the name THETESTER. Groups can contain up to 8 players, the default in the game. The server runs survival, standard play: gathering, building and raiding. You can fight other players and raid their bases. You will find it under Community in the server browser; it is a community server. Anti-cheat: Valve's VAC is off.
Server details
Which version of Rust does THETESTER run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166655 is the build THETESTER runs, on Linux. To join, your game must match the protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is THETESTER online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment: THETESTER was last seen 23 days 22 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days, which is 0%. It first appears in Rust Heatmap records on 4 October 2026.
Where is THETESTER located?
No region is published by THETESTER. What Rust Heatmap shows is where a server says it is. Where the machine stands is not looked up. 52.165.62.81:28015 is its address.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include THETESTER?
These Rust Heatmap lists include THETESTER: Best Rust community servers. You will 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?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard rules; mp500 (Max players): The slot count is 500; ts8 (Group limit): At most 8 per team: the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): To join, run the same version: game protocol 2634; cs166655 (Build): Build 166655; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank are the tags THETESTER publishes, and the server browser reads them. The top of this page also shows the tags for players now, the queue and when the world was made.
How to join
How do I join THETESTER?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 52.165.62.81:28015. Alternatively, join from this page with Launch Rust: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.