Testing Grounds
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 0/ 20 0% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪+0 no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak –
- Rank
- #15,894 top 72%
- Rank · 7d ago
- #15,970 ▲76 places up
- Last wipe
- 13d ago no schedule published
- Next wipe
- 21d 11h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 0 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 3500 Procedural Map · seed 578369846
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026 no hostname published
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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes only- wipe-day peak
- 0 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 21d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ShockRust | Blue | NoLimitno group limit · 129 on average | 52/300 | ▼−20−27.8% | |
| 2 | МИНИ-КАРТА 2Х | STORM | FPS+ 14.10EU · groups of 8+ · weekly · 90 on average | 91/100 | ▪+0+0.5% | |
| 3 | 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РУССКИЙ 10.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 86 on average | 7/1000 | ▼−17−70.4% | |
| 4 | 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|РОССИЯ 08.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 74 on average | 1/1000 | ▼−5−82.6% | |
| 5 | 404 RUST 2Х|ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ|EU MAIN 11.10EU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 71 on average | 15/700 | ▼−3−17.4% | |
| 6 | RustSpain.com | EU MainEU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 67 on average | 4/200 | ▪+0+7.3% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer Rules
What settings and rules are in place on Testing Grounds?
The name of Testing Grounds carries no gather rate. Groups can contain a maximum of 8 players, the default for the game. It runs survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are in use. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the current map on Testing Grounds?
Testing Grounds uses a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 578369846, generated by the game. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps offers a view of it from this page.
Population
What is the rank of Testing Grounds?
For the last seven days, Testing Grounds holds rank #15,894 on player hours, in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
How full is Testing Grounds?
0 of 20 slots on Testing Grounds are filled at the moment. Average players over the last seven days: 0.
Wipe Schedule
What happens on wipe day at Testing Grounds?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 0 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked.
When does Testing Grounds schedule its wipes?
The only wipe at Testing Grounds is the monthly force wipe. When every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, that is its next wipe. 13 days 13 hours ago the current world was created.
Server Info
Where can Testing Grounds be found?
No region is published by Testing Grounds. Rust Analytics reports the location a server claims, not the machine's actual location. 104.129.132.215:28039 is its address.
What is the performance like on Testing Grounds?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours is 5; the floor was 5. At its peak it held 73,668 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 2,301 MB. A climbing entity count plus low fps is the lag players report.
Testing Grounds runs which version of Rust?
The version in use at Testing Grounds: Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, on Linux. Joining requires the same protocol on your game, which Steam updates.
What is the uptime and reliability of Testing Grounds?
The server is live: Testing Grounds is online. 11 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by the uptime it reports. 100% is its uptime for the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. The earliest Rust Analytics saw it was 13 September 2026.
Tags & Filters
What is the meaning of the tags on Testing Grounds?
These tags are published by Testing Grounds and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp20 (Max players): It holds 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team: the default setting, unchanged; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Runs on RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is absent; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: the game is changed by plugins or settings; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework. The top of this page and the tags both show its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
On Rust Analytics, which lists and filters feature Testing Grounds?
On Rust Analytics, Testing Grounds matches these lists: Modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Connection
What is the process to join Testing Grounds?
Type client.connect 104.129.132.215:28039 after pressing F1 in Rust to open the console. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp20
ts8
v2634
cs167781
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.