Paul's Test Server
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 71%.
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
51.6.180.196:28015
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 6664 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 51.6.180.196:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 2
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 27 Sep 2026, 12:23 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 27 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What are Paul's Test Server's rules and configuration?
The name of Paul's Test Server does not include a gather rate. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Paul's Test Server?
Paul's Test Server uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Paul's Test Server?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp2 (Max players): 2 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2633 to get in; cs165217 (Build): Build 165217; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags Paul's Test Server puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. 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 Paul's Test Server?
The Boongarust lists that take Paul's Test Server are: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server details
What's the location of Paul's Test Server?
No region comes from Paul's Test Server. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 51.6.180.196:28015.
How reliable is Paul's Test Server?
Paul's Test Server is down, with the last sighting 9 days 1 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. 27 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Paul's Test Server using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows: that is Paul's Test Server. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
Paul's Test Server wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of Paul's Test Server'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. Its world is 11 days 4 hours old.
Population
Where does Paul's Test Server sit in the rankings?
Ranked #16,880 on seven-day player hours, Paul's Test Server is in the top 71% overall.
How many players are on Paul's Test Server?
Paul's Test Server last showed life 9 days 1 hours ago; it is offline now.
Join the server
How can you get into Paul's Test Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 51.6.180.196:28015. 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 mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.