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
20.168.119.87:28015
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
Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 20.168.119.87:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 15 Sep 2026, 14:45 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 15 Sep 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 are THETESTER's rules and configuration?
No gather rate appears in the name of THETESTER. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC is off: Valve's anti-cheat is not running.
Tags
What are the tags on THETESTER for?
The game's server browser reads the tags THETESTER publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs164301 (Build): Game build is 164301; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Which Boongarust filters show THETESTER?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for THETESTER: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the location of THETESTER?
From THETESTER, there is no region. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 20.168.119.87:28015.
How often is THETESTER online?
THETESTER is down, with the last sighting 22 days 9 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 15 September 2026.
What Rust version is THETESTER using?
On Windows, THETESTER runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164301. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
When does THETESTER wipe?
The record holds too few of THETESTER's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 22 days 9 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
What's THETESTER's rank among Rust servers?
Ranked #15,459 on seven-day player hours, THETESTER is in the top – overall.
What's the player count on THETESTER?
Down right now: THETESTER, last spotted 22 days 9 hours back.
Join the server
How do you connect to THETESTER?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 20.168.119.87:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164301,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.