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OfflineNA73.118.13.245:28015checked 24d ago

Michael Rust Test Server

biweekly wipes
Players now 0/ 5 0% full
7-day average 0 peak –
Rank #15,463 #1572 in NA
Last wipe 27d ago biweekly schedule
Next wipe 23h Thu 15 Oct, 22:55 UTC

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep21 Sep23 Sep24 Sep26 Sep27 Sep

Wipe schedule

Next wipe Thursday 15 October, 22:55 UTC, in 23h. Biweekly: 14 days after its last wipe

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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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Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Settings and map

Which rules govern Michael Rust Test Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Michael Rust Test Server. Up to 8 players per group, which is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.

Which map is running on Michael Rust Test Server?

A procedural map, generated by the game, runs on Michael Rust Test Server.

Tags, lists and filters

Where can Michael Rust Test Server be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?

These Rust Player Count lists include Michael Rust Test Server: Best Rust PvE servers and North American Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Biweekly ^b; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks.

What information do the tags on Michael Rust Test Server convey?

These are the tags Michael Rust Test Server publishes for the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard in Rust; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8, the standard game limit; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs164530 (Build): The game build is 164530; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the game's default networking; $r? (Region code): A region code is not present; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks, a wipe takes place; NA (North America): You can find it in the North America section of the server browser. At the top of this page, its tags show its current players, queue and world creation time as well.

Population

What is the player count on Michael Rust Test Server?

Currently offline, Michael Rust Test Server was last seen 24 days ago.

How does Michael Rust Test Server compare in server rankings?

In the last seven days, Michael Rust Test Server is #15,463 for player hours, #1,572 in North America, and within the top – of ranked servers.

About the server

What is the online status and reliability of Michael Rust Test Server?

Currently offline, Michael Rust Test Server was last seen 24 days ago. For the last 7 full days, it was online for 0 of 168 hours, a 0% uptime. Rust Player Count recorded it for the first time on 17 September 2026.

What is the Rust version for Michael Rust Test Server?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows is what Michael Rust Test Server uses. The protocol has to match for you to join, but Steam updates it without any action from you.

Where can you find Michael Rust Test Server?

In North America, Michael Rust Test Server lists itself with its NA tag. Rust Player Count displays the location a server claims, not the physical location of the machine. You can reach it at 73.118.13.245:28015.

Wipe schedule

When does Michael Rust Test Server wipe?

The next wipe for Michael Rust Test Server is an estimate based on biweekly: 14 days after its last wipe. A wipe is scheduled for Thursday 15 October at 22:55 UTC. The world in play was created 27 days ago. A biweekly wipe schedule appears in its tags.

How to join

What steps are needed to join Michael Rust Test Server?

Joining is done by opening the console (F1) and running client.connect 73.118.13.245:28015. Another way is the Launch Rust option on this page, which uses Steam to start Rust and put you in.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^b,NA,gmrust,cs164530,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard in Rust.
mp5
Max players 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams max out at 8, the standard game limit.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs164530
Build The game build is 164530.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the game's default networking.
$r?
Region code A region code is not present.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly Every two weeks, a wipe takes place.

Region

NA
North America You can find it in the North America section of the server browser.

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.