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
52.165.62.81:28015
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
- 52.165.62.81:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 4 Oct 2026, 22:19 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 4 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 are THETESTER's rules and configuration?
The name of THETESTER does not include a gather rate. 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. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
Tags
What are the tags on THETESTER for?
These tags come from THETESTER and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166655 (Build): Build 166655; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code on record. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Where does THETESTER appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take THETESTER are: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
Where can you find THETESTER?
No region is published by THETESTER. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 52.165.62.81:28015.
How reliable is THETESTER?
Offline now, THETESTER was last seen 3 days 12 hours ago. Uptime over the last 3 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 72. 4 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does THETESTER have?
On Linux, THETESTER runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166655. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
THETESTER wipes on what schedule?
THETESTER's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world is 3 days 12 hours old.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does THETESTER place?
In the top 70% of all ranked servers, THETESTER is #16,557 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is THETESTER busy?
THETESTER last showed life 3 days 12 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
Join the server
What's the process to join THETESTER?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 52.165.62.81:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166655,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.