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[METH] Testing Grounds

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [METH] Testing Grounds, reached at 213.113.109.233:28015. It is offline at the last check, against a seven-day mean of 01. It ranks #15,667 of all servers, the top 69%. It last wiped 31d ago.

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now1/1010% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak –
Rank2#15,667top 69%
Last wipe31d agono schedule published
Next wipe3–too few wipes seen yet

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

No hourly history yet.
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.
Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 69% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k27 Sep30 Sep3 Oct5 Oct8 Oct11 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Wipe-day peak0players, last three wipes
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: 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.

5.2History

Table 3: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Mon 28 Sep, 07:0331d 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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

No map picture published
Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map.
Table 4: The server's published settings.
Address213.113.109.233:28015
Region–
Max players10
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe28 Sep 2026, 07:03 UTC
Hostname–
First seen27 Sep 2026
MapProcedural Map
Size–
Seed–

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are busiest community rust servers [2] and predicted wipe schedule [3].

Table 5: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 506 on average187/250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 318 on average261/300
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 282 on average695/800
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 277 on average41/100
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 266 on average780/900
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 242 on average635/725

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1What is the location of [METH] Testing Grounds?

A region is not published by [METH] Testing Grounds. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 213.113.109.233:28015 is its address.

A.2What is the online status and reliability of [METH] Testing Grounds?

Right now, [METH] Testing Grounds is offline, and the last time it was seen was 25 days 3 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 0%, with 0 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 27 September 2026.

A.3What version of Rust is run on [METH] Testing Grounds?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 165988 is the version that [METH] Testing Grounds runs, on Windows. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe schedule

A.4When are wipes carried out on [METH] Testing Grounds?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes for [METH] Testing Grounds to reveal its rhythm. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the date of the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server is wiped. 31 days 14 hours have passed since the current world was generated.

A.5How would you describe wipe day on [METH] Testing Grounds?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 0 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it began.

Player count

A.6What position does [METH] Testing Grounds occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, [METH] Testing Grounds holds #15,667, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

A.7How would you characterise the player activity on [METH] Testing Grounds?

At this moment [METH] Testing Grounds is offline, having last been seen 25 days 3 hours ago.

Tags, lists

A.8What do the tags associated with [METH] Testing Grounds signify?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp10 (Max players): It offers 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2634; cs165988 (Build): The game build is 165988; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset, which [METH] Testing Grounds publishes as its tags. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.9Where can [METH] Testing Grounds be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that [METH] Testing Grounds fits are: Rust community servers, measured. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Settings and map

A.10Which settings and rules are in force on [METH] Testing Grounds?

No gather rate appears in the name of [METH] Testing Grounds. The group cap is 8 players, which is the default in the game. The mode is survival, which means the standard mode, in which you gather, build and raid. Players may raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.11On which map does [METH] Testing Grounds take place?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is what [METH] Testing Grounds runs.

How to join

A.12What steps are required to join [METH] Testing Grounds?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 213.113.109.233:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs165988,ts8.

Table 6: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp10Max players. It offers 10 slots.
ts8Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
v2634Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2634.
cs165988Build. The game build is 165988.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.

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.

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Busiest community rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Predicted wipe schedule. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.