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Testing Grounds

Online 104.129.132.215:28039 checked 20m ago

moddedcarbon
players now0of 20 slots
7-day average0peak –
rank#15,923top 72%
last wipe · restocked13d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock21d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

Players

AveragePeak
0123401:0010:0019:0004:0013:0022:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

0246801:0010:0019:0004:0013:0022:00

48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct

Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 18h. The force wipe · high confidence

0wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes

Coming wipes

  1. 21d 18hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:17 UTC FW13d ago 0 – running 0

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

Also on the shelf

Similar servers

The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

On the back of the pack

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

How should you read the tags on Testing Grounds?

The server browser reads these tags that Testing Grounds publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp20 (Max players): The cap is 20; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^z (Modded): Modded is its category, with plugins or settings changing the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon is the plugin framework in use. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.

Where does Testing Grounds appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?

The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Testing Grounds are: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Map and rules

Which map is currently on Testing Grounds?

Testing Grounds runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 578369846, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.

Which settings and rules apply on Testing Grounds?

The name of Testing Grounds gives no gather rate. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Carbon plugins running here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

About the server

Where can you find Testing Grounds?

There is no region listed for Testing Grounds. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. You can reach it at 104.129.132.215:28039.

How stable is Testing Grounds, and is it currently online?

You can grab Testing Grounds: it is online as we speak. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 3 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 144 of 168 hours, or 86% of the time. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 13 September 2026.

Is Testing Grounds lag-free?

Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 5 and never dropped below 5. The entity count reached 73,668: that includes buildings, deployables and everything else. At most it drew 2,296 MB of memory. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.

What Rust version does Testing Grounds run?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what powers Testing Grounds. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.

Player count

Where does Testing Grounds sit in the rankings?

Over the last seven days Testing Grounds ranks #15,923 on player hours, among the top 72% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Testing Grounds right now?

Testing Grounds is carrying 0 players on 20 slots at the moment. The seven-day average stands at 0 players.

Wipe details

When does Testing Grounds wipe?

Once a month, Testing Grounds wipes with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe, which is its next wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. It has been running its current world since 13 days 6 hours ago.

What can you expect on Testing Grounds when wipe day comes?

At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 0 players. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours in.

Getting in

What steps do you take to join Testing Grounds?

Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 104.129.132.215:28039. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode Rust survival, the standard way.
mp20
Max players The cap is 20.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2634
Protocol You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version.
cs167781
Build Build 167781.
ptrak
Networking The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Modded is its category, with plugins or settings changing the game.
^y
Carbon Carbon is the plugin framework in use.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.