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Testing Grounds
Online, with 0 of 15 players on; ranked #2,252 of every public Rust server, the top 10%. It last wiped 27d ago.
Online NA 45.45.239.176:28015 checked 9m ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 10% of all ranked servers, top 19% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Force wipes only.
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 12h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 12hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 13 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 01:18 UTC27d ago | 5 | – | running | 0 |
Note: 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.
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The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe cycle
What does Testing Grounds look like once wipe day arrives?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 5 players. 13 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd on the server reached its peak.
When does Testing Grounds wipe, and how often?
Each month Testing Grounds wipes, and only with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world you are playing on now was made 27 days 5 hours ago. The tags put wipes at monthly.
About the server
What does performance look like on Testing Grounds?
Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 30, with a floor of 29. The world held a peak of 7,075 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 1,219 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
On what version does Testing Grounds currently run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Testing Grounds runs. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Has Testing Grounds stayed online, and is it up now?
Right now Testing Grounds is up and running. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 19 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 167 of 168 hours up, or 99% of the time. On 13 September 2026 is when Rust Insights first saw it.
Where does Testing Grounds run from?
The NA tag is how Testing Grounds places itself in North America. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. You can reach it at 45.45.239.176:28015.
Lists and tags
Which meanings sit behind the tags on Testing Grounds?
These tags come from Testing Grounds and are read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp15 (Max players): It holds 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: 8 per team at most; v2635 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe cycle is monthly and lines up with Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, rate changes or rule changes: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, placing it under Modded; NA (North America): Its browser listing sits under North America. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.
Where does Testing Grounds turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?
These Rust Insights lists include Testing Grounds: Modded Rust servers, explained and North American Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that surface it are Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Population
What does the population of Testing Grounds look like?
Testing Grounds shows 0 players at the moment, against 15 slots. The seven-day average is 2 players, and the highest point in that week was 8. The busiest point of the last 48 hours fell at 19:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.
In the ranking of Rust servers, where does Testing Grounds place?
Testing Grounds holds #2,252 for player hours over the last seven days, #357 in North America and in the top 10% of all ranked servers.
Settings and rules
How is Testing Grounds configured, and what rules apply?
The name of Testing Grounds does not state a gather rate. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default in the game. survival is the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Players may raid and fight one another. It is a Modded entry: plugins or settings modify the game. Plugins: Oxide run here. Calling itself vanilla, it gives this meaning: no kits, rate changes or rule changes: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC is off: Valve's anti-cheat is not active.
Which map is live on Testing Grounds?
The game generates the map on Testing Grounds: procedural, size 1,200, seed 2147483647. The same size and seed produce the same map, so from this page you can look at it on RustMaps.
How to join
How do you connect to Testing Grounds?
Type client.connect 45.45.239.176:28015 into the console, which you open with F1 in Rust. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job by opening Rust through Steam.