Preflight Test
Offline 172.237.12.235:44801 checked 11d ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on Preflight Test?
The server browser reads these tags that Preflight Test publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp1 (Max players): Room for 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs166601 (Build): Game build: 166601; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference; ^y (Carbon): Carbon is the plugin framework in use. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.
Where does Preflight Test appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Preflight Test are: Modded Rust servers. It shows under these filters 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 Preflight Test?
Generated by the game, the map on Preflight Test is procedural.
What rules does Preflight Test enforce, and what settings does it run?
The name of Preflight Test gives no gather rate. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, so it is listed under Modded. The plugins it runs number Carbon. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
About the server
Where can you find Preflight Test?
There is no region listed for Preflight Test. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. The endpoint is 172.237.12.235:44801.
What is the uptime like on Preflight Test?
No stock on Preflight Test at the moment, last seen 11 days 23 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 0 of 168 hours (0%). Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 2 October 2026.
What Rust version does Preflight Test run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166601 on Linux is what powers Preflight Test. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Population
How does Preflight Test compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
Over the last seven days Preflight Test ranks #15,905 on player hours, among the top 70% of all ranked servers.
Is Preflight Test busy at the moment?
Current status for Preflight Test: offline, last seen 11 days 23 hours ago.
Wipe info
How often does Preflight Test wipe?
The wipes of Preflight Test on record are too few to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes, and every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 11 days 23 hours ago.
How to join
What is the way to join Preflight Test?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 172.237.12.235:44801. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166601,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp1
ts8
v2634
cs166601
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.