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
57.151.137.208:28015
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 69% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 57.151.137.208:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 23:08 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 1 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?
There is no gather rate in the name of THETESTER. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC is off: Valve's anti-cheat is not running.
Server tags
What are the tags on THETESTER for?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166569 (Build): Running build 166569; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing 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?
On these Boongarust lists you will find THETESTER: 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 week.
Server details
What's the location of 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 57.151.137.208:28015.
How often is THETESTER online?
Last seen 6 days 16 hours ago, THETESTER is offline at the moment. Last 6 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 144. 1 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is THETESTER using?
On Windows, THETESTER runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166569. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
THETESTER wipes on what schedule?
With so few of THETESTER's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. 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 6 days 16 hours.
Population
What's THETESTER's rank among Rust servers?
In the top 69% of all ranked servers, THETESTER is #16,330 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is THETESTER busy?
Offline. THETESTER was last seen 6 days 16 hours ago. It pulled in 0 players on average over the past seven days.
Join the server
What's the process to join THETESTER?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 57.151.137.208:28015. 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?,v2634,gmrust,cs166569,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.