Rufus Test Server
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 33%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
173.34.51.251:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Top 33% of all ranked servers, top 63% in NA. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 173.34.51.251:28015
- Region
- NA
- Max players
- 200
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- weekly
- Last wipe
- 7 Oct 2026, 20:54 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 3 Oct 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does Rufus Test Server use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Rufus Test Server. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins running: Carbon. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Rufus Test Server?
A procedural map of 5,000 with seed 10072026 is in use on Rufus Test Server, made by the game. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed give an identical map.
Tags
What are the tags on Rufus Test Server for?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rufus Test Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp200 (Max players): 200 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166652 (Build): Build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^w (Weekly): Wipes every seven days; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game; ^y (Carbon): Plugin framework: Carbon; NA (North America): Browser listing: North America. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Which Boongarust filters show Rufus Test Server?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for Rufus Test Server: Top modded Rust servers and North America Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Server info
Performance of Rufus Test Server: does it hold up?
Server fps held an average of 61 across the last 48 hours, minimum 57. The entity count reached 146,827: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 3,841 MB. What players call lag is low fps plus a rising entity count.
What's the location of Rufus Test Server?
With its NA tag, Rufus Test Server lists itself in North America. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 173.34.51.251:28015.
What's the uptime like on Rufus Test Server?
Rufus Test Server is up as you read this. The uptime it reports suggests a restart around 11 hours ago. Last 5 full days: 48% uptime, with 57 hours up out of 120. It entered Boongarust's records on 3 October 2026.
What Rust version is Rufus Test Server using?
On Linux, Rufus Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
How does Rufus Test Server handle wipe day?
5 players was the average peak on recent wipes. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 23 hours in.
Rufus Test Server wipes on what schedule?
Its tag sets the prediction: too few of Rufus Test Server's wipes are on record to confirm its schedule. Wednesday 14 October at 20:54 UTC is when the next wipe comes. 31 hours ago this server built its current world. Its tags carry a weekly wipe schedule.
Player counts
Where does Rufus Test Server sit in the rankings?
Seven-day player hours put Rufus Test Server at #7,514, within the top 33% of ranked servers and #1,184 across North America.
How many players are on Rufus Test Server?
Right now, 0 players are on Rufus Test Server, which has 200 slots. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days and peaked at 5. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 00:00 UTC, with an average of 4 players.
How to join
How can you get into Rufus Test Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 173.34.51.251:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^w,NA,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.