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
220.158.18.17:28015
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
Down 528 places on last week. Top 70% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 220.158.18.17:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 3
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 5 Sep 2026, 23:03 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 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 settings does test pop use?
There is no gather rate in the name of test pop. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on test pop?
The map on test pop is procedural, size 3,700, generated with seed 679174536 by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on test pop?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp3 (Max players): 3 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs165217 (Build): Game build is 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): No region code on record are the tags test pop puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. 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 test pop?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for test pop: 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 details
Performance of test pop: does it hold up?
Server fps held an average of 147 across the last 48 hours, minimum 98. The entity count reached 74,047: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. It drew as much as 4,937 MB of memory. Players feel lag when fps drops and entities pile up.
What's the physical location of test pop?
From test pop, there is no region. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 220.158.18.17:28015.
What's the uptime like on test pop?
test pop is down, with the last sighting 32 hours ago. The uptime it reports suggests a restart around 12 days 12 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 84%, 141 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is test pop using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Linux: that is test pop. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
How often does test pop wipe?
The record holds too few of test pop's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 32 days 5 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Where does test pop sit in the rankings?
In the top 70% of all ranked servers, test pop is #16,639 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is test pop busy?
test pop last showed life 32 hours ago; it is offline now. Averaged 0 players across the last week.
Join the server
What's the process to join test pop?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 220.158.18.17:28015. 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 mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.