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Paul's Test Server
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 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
newest first| 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
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from the figures on this pageRules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Paul's Test Server?
The name of Paul's Test Server gives no gather rate. Groups can reach 8 players, the default for the game. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. Under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC from Valve is active as anti-cheat.
What map is used on Paul's Test Server?
A procedural map runs on Paul's Test Server, generated by the game.
Population
How populated is Paul's Test Server?
Paul's Test Server is not online at present; the last time it was seen was 14 days 4 hours ago.
Where does Paul's Test Server stand in the rankings of Rust servers?
Paul's Test Server is in the top 71% of all ranked servers, at #16,880 for player hours over the last seven days.
Lists and tags
What is the meaning of the tags on Paul's Test Server?
These tags are set by Paul's Test Server and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp2 (Max players): It holds up to 2 players; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as in the standard game; v2633 (Protocol): Joining requires the same protocol version, 2633; cs165217 (Build): It runs on game build 165217; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code is not set. Also in the tags, and shown at the top of this page: its players now, its queue, and when its world was made.
Where does Paul's Test Server appear in When Is Rust Force Wipe lists and filters?
These When Is Rust Force Wipe lists include Paul's Test Server: Best Rust community servers. These filters show it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
Where can Paul's Test Server be found?
There is no region published by Paul's Test Server. When Is Rust Force Wipe displays the location a server reports, not the physical location of the machine. You can reach it at 51.6.180.196:28015.
What is the uptime and reliability of Paul's Test Server?
The last time Paul's Test Server was seen was 14 days 4 hours ago; it is offline right now. It was up for 0 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours, 0% of the time. It was first seen by When Is Rust Force Wipe on 27 September 2026.
What is the Rust version for Paul's Test Server?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows is what Paul's Test Server runs. Steam updates your game, but you need the same protocol to join.
Wipe schedule
How often does Paul's Test Server wipe, and when?
Too few wipes of Paul's Test Server are recorded for its rhythm to be known. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server wipes at that point in the month. It has been running its current world since 16 days 6 hours ago.
Connect
What steps are needed to join Paul's Test Server?
Open Rust, press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 51.6.180.196:28015. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to start Rust via Steam and join.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp2,ptrak,$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.