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Testing Grounds
Online NA 45.45.239.176:28015 checked 8m ago
- Last week
- No. 2,232
- Peak
- No. 2,047
- Days on chart
- 38
Rank
- 22 Sep2,123
- 29 Sep2,800
- 6 Oct2,485
- 13 Oct2,232
- 20 Oct2,232
- now2,183
Top 10% of all ranked servers, top 19% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
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.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 8d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 36d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 01:18 UTC25d 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. 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
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What should you expect on Testing Grounds when wipe day comes?
Averaged over its recent wipes, the crowd reached 5 at the peak. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 13 hours in.
When does Testing Grounds wipe?
The only wipe on Testing Grounds is the force wipe, once a month. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC brings the force wipe, its next wipe, and every other Rust server wipes then too. The world it is running now dates from 25 days 22 hours. Its tags list wipes once a month.
Tags
Which Rust Server Rank filters and lists does Testing Grounds turn up in?
These Rust Server Rank lists include Testing Grounds: Modded Rust server rankings and Best US Rust servers. You can find it on the server list by applying these filters: 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.
What is meant by the tags on Testing Grounds?
The game's server browser picks up the tags Testing Grounds publishes, which are: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp15 (Max players): Capacity: 15 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams hold at most 8, as the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, run the same version: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer: RakNet; $r? (Region code): Region code: none set; ^m (Monthly): It wipes monthly, with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): As Facepunch ships it: rates, kits and rules all unchanged; ^o (Oxide): The Oxide (uMod) plugin framework is installed; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, and the browser files it under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser files this one under North America. At the top of this page, the tags show the players now, the queue and the time the world was made.
Map and rules
Which map is in play on Testing Grounds?
The map on Testing Grounds is procedural, size 1,200, seed 2147483647, generated by the game. The map is the same from the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What rules apply on Testing Grounds, and what settings does it use?
The name of Testing Grounds does not state a gather rate. The game's default applies: groups of up to 8 players. It runs survival, the usual game, built on gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Plugins running here: Oxide. Its own description is vanilla: as Facepunch ships it: rates, kits and rules all unchanged. Valve's VAC anti-cheat is switched off.
Server details
Which Rust build is Testing Grounds running?
On Linux, Testing Grounds runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam takes care of the update.
How reliable is Testing Grounds, and is it online now?
Testing Grounds is live as you read this. Its own uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 12 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours is 100% of the time over the last 7 full days. On 13 September 2026 it first appeared on Rust Server Rank.
Is Testing Grounds smooth to play on?
Never below 30, it averaged 30 server fps across the last 48 hours. Up to 7,075 entities sat in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. At its highest, memory use hit 1,274 MB. What you feel as lag is low fps and an entity count on the way up.
In which location is Testing Grounds hosted?
In North America, Testing Grounds lists itself with its NA tag. What Rust Server Rank shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. 45.45.239.176:28015 is its address.
Player count
What kind of population does Testing Grounds carry?
The live picture at Testing Grounds: 5 players, 15 slots. Averaging 2 players over the last week, it hit a high of 8. At 16:00 UTC it saw its busiest spell of the last 48 hours, averaging 5 players.
What position does Testing Grounds hold among Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours put Testing Grounds at #2,231, within the top 10% of ranked servers and at #351 in North America.
How to join
How do you get into Testing Grounds?
In Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 45.45.239.176:28015 in the console. Launch Rust on this page is the other way: it opens the game through Steam and connects you.