Aqua Test Server
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 70%.
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
24.12.248.101:28015
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 70% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 24.12.248.101:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 250
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 7 Oct 2026, 20:22 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 7 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 Aqua Test Server use?
No gather rate appears in the name of Aqua Test Server. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. 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 Aqua Test Server?
Aqua Test Server uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Aqua Test Server?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp250 (Max players): Slot count: 250; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs167058 (Build): Game build is 167058; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank are the tags Aqua Test Server puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Which Boongarust filters show Aqua Test Server?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for Aqua Test Server: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Server details
Where can you find Aqua Test Server?
No region comes from Aqua Test Server. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 24.12.248.101:28015.
How reliable is Aqua Test Server?
Last seen 9 hours ago, Aqua Test Server is offline at the moment. The first record Boongarust has is 7 October 2026.
What Rust version is Aqua Test Server using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058 on Windows: that is Aqua Test Server. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
When does Aqua Test Server wipe?
The record holds too few of Aqua Test Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. The world you are on was made 10 hours.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Aqua Test Server place?
In the top 70% of all ranked servers, Aqua Test Server is #16,599 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is Aqua Test Server busy?
Down right now: Aqua Test Server, last spotted 9 hours back. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
Join the server
How can you get into Aqua Test Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 24.12.248.101:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp250,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167058,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.