Testing Grounds

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Testing Grounds, reached at 45.45.239.176:28015 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 5 of 15 places, against a seven-day mean of 2 and a peak of 8¹. It ranks #2,247 of all servers, the top 10%, and #356 in NA. It last wiped 25d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsmonthly wipes vanilla modded oxide

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	5/15	33% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	2	peak 8, 48 h peak 6
Rank²	#2,247	top 10%; #356 in NA
Last wipe	25d ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	8d 22h	Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

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.

AveragePeak

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).

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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, measured since 17 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 10% of all ranked servers, the top 19% in NA. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region

Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 22h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Wipe-day peak	5	players, last three wipes

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	8d 22h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	36d 22h	force wipefw

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 13 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Fri 2 Oct, 01:1825d ago	5	–	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

Map of Testing Grounds — Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 1200, seed 2147483647. Open on RustMaps.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`45.45.239.176:28015`
Region	NA
Max players	15
Group limit	8, the default
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	2 Oct 2026, 01:18 UTC
Hostname	–
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Procedural Map
Size	1200
Seed	2147483647

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are North America server population [2], modded Rust servers listed live [3] and next Rust wipe times [4].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
[NA] Willjum's Casual Solo/Duo MonthlyNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 16 on average	11/175
Hempville 420 No Kos Low Decay / Limited PvPNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 7 on average	9/90
Made in Quebec & France! QC FR EN (Website 9 Languages)NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 4 on average	3/1000
Pine Hosting - Rust ServerNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 2 on average	4/50
Apocrypha-Linux \| PvE \| PvPNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 1 on average	2/50
[US] Busy Adults PVP BY Chill-AXXNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 1 on average	0/50

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Is the performance of Testing Grounds smooth?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 30, with a minimum of 30. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 7,075 entities. Memory use peaked at 1,274 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2What location does Testing Grounds have?

In North America, according to its own listing, Testing Grounds appears with the NA tag. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 45.45.239.176:28015.

A.3What is the reliability of Testing Grounds, and is it online?

At the present moment, Testing Grounds is online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 9 hours ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 100%, with 168 of 168 hours online. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for Testing Grounds?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version that Testing Grounds runs, on Linux. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, and Steam updates it automatically.

Wipe schedule

A.5When are wipes carried out on Testing Grounds?

The only wipe for Testing Grounds is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe occurs, and that is when every Rust server, including this one, next wipes. 25 days 19 hours have passed since the current world was generated. A monthly wipe schedule is stated in the server's tags.

A.6What characterises wipe day on Testing Grounds?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 5 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 13 hours after it began.

Population

A.7What is the rank of Testing Grounds among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives Testing Grounds #2,247, in the top 10% of ranked servers and #356 in North America.

A.8What is the population level of Testing Grounds?

The current population of Testing Grounds is 5, drawn from 15 slots. Averaged over the last seven days: 2 players; the same period peaks at 8. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 16:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.

Tags and filters

A.9How should the tags on Testing Grounds be interpreted?

Tags from Testing Grounds, read by the game's server browser, are gmvanilla (Game mode): This is survival in its vanilla form; mp15 (Max players): It offers 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The team cap is 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; ^v (Vanilla): This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; NA (North America): The server browser lists this server under North America. Also in the tags: players now, the queue, and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

A.10Where can Testing Grounds be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include Testing Grounds: Modded Rust servers and North American server statistics. It appears under the following filters on the server list: 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.

Rules, settings, map

A.11Which settings and rules are in force on Testing Grounds?

Its name carries no gather rate for Testing Grounds. The group cap is 8 players, which is the default in the game. survival is the game mode here; gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins number Oxide on this server. The server's own description is vanilla: this is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered. The server has VAC off, Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12What is the map for Testing Grounds?

Size 1,200 and seed 2147483647 define the procedural, game-generated map on Testing Grounds. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

How to join

A.13What is the process for joining Testing Grounds?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 45.45.239.176:28015. 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 mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8,^o^z.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
Game
`gmvanilla`	Game mode. This is survival in its vanilla form.
`mp15`	Max players. It offers 15 slots.
`ts8`	Group limit. The team cap is 8, which is the game default.
`v2635`	Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
`cs168909`	Build. The game build is 168909.
`ptrak`	Networking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
`$r?`	Region code. No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Difficulty
`^v`	Vanilla. This is the game as Facepunch ships it, with rates, kits and rules unaltered.
Mods and access
`^o`	Oxide. The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod).
`^z`	Modded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
`NA`	North America. The server browser lists this server under North America.

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]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. North America server population. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Modded Rust servers listed live. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.