THETESTER
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
52.157.33.129:28015
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
Up 342 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 52.157.33.129:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 23 Sep 2026, 22:13 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 23 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 THETESTER use?
The name of THETESTER does not include a gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded in the browser is where it appears: plugins or settings change how the game plays. You find Carbon plugins in use. The server has VAC off.
Server 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): 500 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2633 to get in; cs165528 (Build): Build 165528; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): Plugin framework: Carbon. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
What Boongarust lists feature THETESTER?
The Boongarust lists that take THETESTER are: Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the physical location of THETESTER?
No region is published by THETESTER. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 52.157.33.129:28015.
What's the uptime like on THETESTER?
Offline now, THETESTER was last seen 14 days 6 hours ago. 0 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 0% uptime. The first record Boongarust has is 23 September 2026.
What Rust version is THETESTER using?
On Linux, THETESTER runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165528. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
THETESTER wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of THETESTER's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. The world you are on was made 14 days 6 hours.
Player counts
Where does THETESTER sit in the rankings?
Ranked #15,508 on seven-day player hours, THETESTER is in the top 71% overall.
How many players are on THETESTER?
Down right now: THETESTER, last spotted 14 days 6 hours back.
Join the server
How do you connect to THETESTER?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 52.157.33.129:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165528,ts8,^z,^y.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.