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
52.240.176.160:28015
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 294 places on last week. Top 67% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 52.240.176.160:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 22 Sep 2026, 22:00 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 22 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 are THETESTER's rules and configuration?
No gather rate appears in the name of THETESTER. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. The server has VAC off.
Tags
What are the tags on THETESTER for?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs165327 (Build): Build 165327; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record are the tags THETESTER puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
What Boongarust lists feature THETESTER?
The Boongarust lists that take THETESTER are: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
Where can you find THETESTER?
From THETESTER, there is no region. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 52.240.176.160:28015.
What's the uptime like on THETESTER?
Last seen 15 days 5 hours ago, THETESTER is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. The first record Boongarust has is 22 September 2026.
What Rust version is THETESTER using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165327 on Windows: that is THETESTER. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
How often does THETESTER wipe?
THETESTER's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are on was made 15 days 5 hours.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does THETESTER place?
Ranked #15,470 on seven-day player hours, THETESTER is in the top 67% overall.
Is THETESTER busy?
THETESTER last showed life 15 days 5 hours ago; it is offline now.
Join the server
What's the process to join THETESTER?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 52.240.176.160:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165327,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.