THETESTER
20.169.53.178:28015 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
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
Quick answers
Server rules
Which settings and rules apply on THETESTER?
You will not find a gather rate in the name THETESTER. That is the game's default: groups of up to 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the regular game. Other players can be fought and raided. The server browser lists it under Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Carbon plugins are running on it. VAC is off, Valve's anti-cheat.
Server population
How full is THETESTER?
The server THETESTER is currently offline; it was last seen 9 days 22 hours ago.
What position does THETESTER hold in the server rankings?
In the top 71% of ranked servers, THETESTER holds #16,010 for player hours over the last seven days.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on THETESTER?
The game's server browser reads these tags from THETESTER: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust mode; mp500 (Max players): It holds 500 players; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8—the default setting for Rust; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634—only players on that version can get in; cs166655 (Build): The game build is 166655; ptrak (Networking): Standard RakNet networking is in use here; $r? (Region code): There's no region code here; ^z (Modded): The Modded listing means plugins or settings have changed the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon plugin framework is running. At the top of this page you see its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, which are in the tags too.
Where does THETESTER appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
These Rust Zerg Life lists include THETESTER: Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server details
How reliable is THETESTER, and is it up?
THETESTER is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 9 days 22 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, which is 0%. Its first appearance in Rust Zerg Life records is 3 October 2026.
Which Rust build does THETESTER use?
The server THETESTER runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166655 with Windows as its operating system. You can only join if your game uses the same protocol, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Where can you find THETESTER?
No region is published by THETESTER. The location shown by Rust Zerg Life is what a server says; it does not check where the machine stands. You can reach it at 20.169.53.178:28015.
Wipe cycle
How often does THETESTER wipe, and on what days?
The record of THETESTER's wipes is too thin to reveal its rhythm. Come Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe arrives for every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 9 days 22 hours ago.
Connect
What is the process to join THETESTER?
You can join by opening the console with F1 and typing client.connect 20.169.53.178:28015. Or hit Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166655,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2634
cs166655
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.