Paul's Test Server
51.6.180.196:28015 checked 15d 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.
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Quick answers
Server rules
What settings does Paul's Test Server run?
There is no gather rate in the name Paul's Test Server. Up to 8 players can group, which is the game's default. survival is its mode, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Other players can be fought and raided. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is active on Paul's Test Server?
The game generates the procedural map Paul's Test Server runs.
Population
How many players are on Paul's Test Server?
Last seen 15 days 6 hours ago, Paul's Test Server is offline at the moment.
What position does Paul's Test Server hold in the server rankings?
For player hours over the last week, Paul's Test Server is #16,880, which puts it in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
Lists and tags
What is the meaning of the tags on Paul's Test Server?
What the game's server browser gets from Paul's Test Server is this tag list: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust mode; mp2 (Max players): The server has 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the standard team limit of 8; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): It runs build 165217; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. Also in the tags: its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Zerg Life filters and lists cover Paul's Test Server?
Rust community servers for clans: that is where you will find Paul's Test Server among the Rust Zerg Life rankings. Under these filters it shows on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
How reliable is Paul's Test Server, and is it up?
Paul's Test Server is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 15 days 6 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, which is 0%. Rust Zerg Life has been tracking it since 27 September 2026.
What Rust version is Paul's Test Server on?
On Windows, Paul's Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, which Steam updates automatically.
What location does Paul's Test Server use?
From Paul's Test Server, no region is published. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. You can reach it at 51.6.180.196:28015.
Wipe days
How often does Paul's Test Server wipe, and on what days?
The record of Paul's Test Server's wipes is too thin to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC it is due next. The world it is running now dates from 17 days 9 hours ago.
Connect
What is the process to join Paul's Test Server?
Enter client.connect 51.6.180.196:28015 in the F1 console. Another way: use Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp2
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
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.