Paul's Test Server
Offline 51.6.180.196:28015 checked 29d ago
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings and rules does Paul's Test Server run?
The name of Paul's Test Server does not state a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. The server runs survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. Filed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
What is the map on Paul's Test Server?
Paul's Test Server runs a procedural map, which the game generates.
Tags and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry Paul's Test Server?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Paul's Test Server: Community Rust servers, indexed. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags are attached to Paul's Test Server, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by Paul's Test Server and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp2 (Max players): 2 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; older or newer clients cannot join; cs165217 (Build): It runs build 165217; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe dates
Which wipe timetable does Paul's Test Server follow?
The record holds too few of Paul's Test Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and it wipes every Rust server. 31 days 14 hours is when its current world was made.
Population
What position does Paul's Test Server hold among Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Paul's Test Server at #16,880, among the top 71% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Paul's Test Server at the moment?
The last check found Paul's Test Server offline, last seen 29 days 11 hours ago.
Server details
Which Rust build is Paul's Test Server running?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows is what you will find on Paul's Test Server. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
What is the uptime and current status of Paul's Test Server?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of Paul's Test Server was 29 days 11 hours ago. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 27 September 2026.
Where in the world is Paul's Test Server hosted?
No region is published by Paul's Test Server. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. You will reach it at 51.6.180.196:28015.
How to join
How can you connect to Paul's Test Server?
Enter client.connect 51.6.180.196:28015 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp2
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
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.