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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk, reached at 45.45.239.248:28015 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 0 of 3 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 31. It ranks #11,456 of all servers, the top 51%, and #1350 in NA. It last wiped 3h ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsmonthly wipes vanilla

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.
Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/30% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak 3, 48 h peak 3
Rank2#11,456top 51%; #1350 in NA
Last wipe3h agomonthly schedule
Next wipe38d 14hThu 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.

AveragePeakWipe
0123405:0014:0023:0008:0017:0002:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 01:04 UTCWIPEWiped Wed 28 Oct, 00:32 UTCWIPE
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
Server fpsWipe
02040608005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0002:00Wiped Tue 27 Oct, 01:04 UTCWIPEWiped Wed 28 Oct, 00:32 UTCWIPE
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 51% of all ranked servers, the top 72% 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
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct
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 14h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Usual gap14.6 daysbetween real wipes
On rhythm0%of its recent wipes
Wipe-day peak0players, last three wipes
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:008d 14hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0036d 14hforce wipefw
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 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Wed 28 Oct, 00:323h ago – – running 0
Tue 27 Oct, 01:041d ago – – – 0
Mon 28 Sep, 22:0329d ago 0 – 28.1 d 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 - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk
Figure 5: The map: Custom Map, size 1000, seed 1337.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address45.45.239.248:28015
RegionNA
Max players3
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe28 Oct 2026, 00:32 UTC
Hostname1
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapCustom Map
Size1000
Seed1337

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are US Rust server statistics [2], unmodded rust community servers [3], live vanilla server list [4] and next Rust wipe times [5].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
Rustopia.gg - US LargeNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 137 on average137/200
Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 115 on average144/200
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 78 on average98/400
RustLands | Monthly Large | No BP Wipe | NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 65 on average66/225
PICKLE DUO MONTHLY | No BP Wipe | Low Upkeep | Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 40 on average33/200
Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 35 on average36/150

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Does Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk perform well?

Over the past 48 hours, it ran at an average of 60 server fps, with a low of 58. Its entity count reached a maximum of 81,262, including buildings, deployables and all other world objects. The peak memory usage was 2,830 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2What location does Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk have?

North America is where Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk lists itself, using the NA tag. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. 45.45.239.248:28015 is its address.

A.3How reliable is Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk, and is it currently online?

Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk is currently online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 1 hours ago. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were served, an availability of 100%. The first record of it by Rust Statistics dates to 13 September 2026.

A.4What version of Rust is run on Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk?

Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Linux operating system. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe timing

A.5On what cycle does Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk wipe?

The only wipe for Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk is the monthly force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. The world currently in use was created 3 hours ago. According to its tags, wipes happen once a month.

A.6What characterises wipe day on Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 0 players. The crowd reached its maximum 0 hours after the latest wipe.

Population

A.7What is the rank of Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking gives Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk #11,456, in the top 51% of ranked servers and #1,350 in North America.

A.8How would you characterise the player activity on Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk?

At this moment 0 players are on Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk, which has 3 slots in total. Averaged over the last seven days: 0 players; the same period peaks at 3. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 01:00 UTC, with an average of 2 players.

Tags, lists

A.9What is the meaning of the tags on Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk?

Tags from Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk, read by the game's server browser, are gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, in its standard form; mp3 (Max players): It offers 3 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the value the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is the one running; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^v (Vanilla): Rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships; NA (North America): In the server browser it is filed 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 - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Rust community servers, measured, North American server statistics and Vanilla Rust servers are the Rust Statistics lists that Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk fits. These filters on the server list return it: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Rules, settings, map

A.11What are the settings and rules that govern Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk?

The name of Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk states no gather rate. No cap is given beyond the game's default of 8 players per group. survival is the game mode here; gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Fighting and raiding between players are both permitted. It is a community server, as the browser's Community listing shows. It describes itself as vanilla, which is to say rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.12On which map does Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk take place?

The game generates Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk's procedural map at size 1,000, from seed 1337. Size and seed being equal, the map is the same, so it can be viewed on RustMaps from this page. Under map name, it gives Custom Map.

Connection

A.13How do you connect to Testing Grounds - Vanilla – Enter at Your Own Risk?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 45.45.239.248:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection. You can find its website at https://rustlands.net.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Rust survival, in its standard form.
mp3Max players. It offers 3 slots.
ts8Group limit. 8 per team, the value the game sets by default.
v2635Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
cs168909Build. Build 168909 is the one running.
ptrakNetworking. RakNet is the network layer here, as it is by default in the game.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes.
Difficulty
^vVanilla. Rates, kits and rules are unchanged from the game Facepunch ships.
Region
NANorth America. In the server browser it is filed 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. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. US Rust server statistics. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Unmodded rust community servers. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-community-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Live vanilla server list. ruststatistics.org/top-vanilla-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Next Rust wipe times. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.