Players
private test (do not join)
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.
Rank
Top 10% of all ranked servers, top 20% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 18:13 UTC, in 3m. Every Thursday at 18:13 UTC · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 12, 7 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 22 Oct, 18:13 UTC6d ago | 12 | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 18:05 UTC14d ago | 14 | halved by day 6 | 7 days | 2 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 18:04 UTC21d ago | 13 | halved by day 2 | 7 days | 2 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:56 UTC FW28d ago | 9 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 1 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 18:04 UTC35d ago | 14 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 2 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 18:05 UTC42d ago | 17 | halved by day 3 | 7 days | 1 |
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
Server details
Is private test (do not join) online, and how reliable is it?
private test (do not join) is down at the moment, having last been seen 3 days 23 hours ago. 82 of 168 hours is what it managed over the past 7 full days, 49% of the time. Its earliest entry with Rust Charts dates from 13 September 2026.
Where is private test (do not join) located?
private test (do not join) gives its location as North America, using the NA tag. Rust Charts shows the location a server claims, not where the machine actually is. You'll find it at 15.204.105.172:28015.
Which version of Rust does private test (do not join) run?
The build behind private test (do not join) is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, hosted on Linux. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update.
Who is on
How busy is private test (do not join)?
Last seen 3 days 23 hours ago, private test (do not join) is currently offline. Seven-day figures: 5 players on average and 12 at the peak.
How does private test (do not join) rank against other Rust servers?
On player hours for the past week, private test (do not join) is #2,309: top 10% overall and #368 in North America.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on private test (do not join)?
Its recent wipes peaked at an average of 13 players. 7 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. Day 3 is when it dropped below half in the wipes that didn't hold.
What is the wipe schedule on private test (do not join)?
The wipe rhythm on private test (do not join) is every Thursday at 18:13 UTC. The wipe after this one is due Thursday 29 October at 18:13 UTC. 6 days 23 hours is how long ago its current world was made. The tags state a weekly wipe schedule.
Settings and map
What are the rules and settings on private test (do not join)?
The name private test (do not join) carries no gather rate. 8 players is the group limit, the default for the game. You play survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. Oxide plugins are running on it. The server describes itself as vanilla: nothing is changed: rates, kits and rules are all Facepunch's own. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does private test (do not join) run?
The map on private test (do not join) is procedural, size 3,500, seed 1337, made by the game. Since the same size and seed give the same map, this page links to it on RustMaps. The name of the map is: Custom Map.
Lists and filters
Who runs private test (do not join)?
1 other server we track also publishes a thecouch.lol hostname, and so does private test (do not join). That usually means one operator runs them all.
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include private test (do not join)?
The Rust Charts lists that carry private test (do not join) are: Rust tutorial servers, Rust community servers, unmodded, Region: North America and Vanilla Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Tutorial on ^t and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on private test (do not join) mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival, in the standard Rust form; mp1 (Max players): 1 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Team size is capped at 8, the default; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635: join only if your game matches that version; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, the game's default; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^w (Weekly): A wipe comes each week; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is changed: rates, kits and rules are all Facepunch's own; ^t (Tutorial on): Beginners can take Facepunch's tutorial on this server; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; NA (North America): North America is where the server browser lists it; sc1 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin added this tag — that's the set of tags private test (do not join) publishes for the server browser. At the top of this page you'll see the tags' extra details: players now, the queue, and the age of the world.
Getting in
How do I join private test (do not join)?
The console is behind F1 in Rust: enter client.connect 15.204.105.172:28015 there. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Head to https://thecouch.lol for its website.
