Experiment
Offline 92.209.233.160:28015 checked 3d 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 53% of all ranked servers, and #556 of the quad servers (top 67%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10 Oct, 20:20 UTC3d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 12:24 UTC10d ago | 1 | held half | 7.3 days | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 17:52 UTC15d ago | 1 | held half | 4.8 days | 1 |
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
How should you read the tags on Experiment?
gmsoftcore (Game mode): A softer ruleset: softcore; mp10 (Max players): The cap is 10; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the team ceiling; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs166652 (Build): It runs on build 166652; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank is what Experiment tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.
Where does Experiment appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Experiment are: Community Rust servers in stock. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore; Group limit: Quad; Last wipe: In the last week.
Map and rules
What map is in play on Experiment?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Experiment runs.
Which settings and rules apply on Experiment?
There is no gather rate in the name Experiment. You can have 4 players at most in a quad group. softcore is the game mode, Facepunch's softer mode: part of your loot stays with you. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it in the Community section of the server browser, as a community server. VAC is on.
About the server
Where can you find Experiment?
There is no region listed for Experiment. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. Find it at this address: 92.209.233.160:28015.
What is the uptime like on Experiment?
Right now Experiment is not in stock, last seen 3 days 6 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 3 of 168 hours (2%). Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 19 September 2026.
Which Rust build is Experiment running?
The setup: Experiment on Windows, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Live players
How does Experiment compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place Experiment at #11,780, in the top 53% of all ranked servers. Ranked against other quad servers, it comes in at #556.
What is the current player count on Experiment?
Current status for Experiment: offline, last seen 3 days 6 hours ago. The seven-day average is 1, and the busiest point reached 1.
Wipe details
When does Experiment wipe?
No next wipe can be predicted for Experiment, which wipes at irregular times. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. 3 days 7 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
What can you expect on Experiment when wipe day comes?
An average of 1 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. The crowd on the latest wipe was at its largest 0 hours after the wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
How to join
What steps do you take to join Experiment?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 92.209.233.160:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmsoftcore,cs166652,ts4
Game
gmsoftcore
mp10
ts4
v2634
cs166652
ptrak
$r?
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.