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Exhibit no. 14,447Acc. 2026.14447
WhyPlayTestStuff2
Rust server · in the archive since 17 September 2026
Offline 162.142.111.85:28030 checked 29d ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
17 Sep Last seen 25 Sep18:19 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectedlast seen, 29 Sep 2026, 21:49 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Fri 25 Sep 202618:19 UTC33d ago
- Peak
- 1+2 in the queue
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 2h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 2hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 2hThu 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 1, 0 hours in, with 2 in the queue.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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 18 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 60% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on WhyPlayTestStuff2 mean?
These tags from WhyPlayTestStuff2, read by the game's server browser, are: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp0 (Max players): Slot count: 0; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2634; cs166257 (Build): The game build is 166257; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $rus4 (Region code): Recorded region code: us4; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe applies here, as does the force wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): Rates, kits and rules are as Facepunch ships them; ^c (Creative): The mode is creative: no gathering, and you build as you choose; ^k (Build server): A server for practising and designing bases. Shown at the top of this page are the current players, the queue and the world's age, also taken from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include WhyPlayTestStuff2?
These Rust Server History lists include WhyPlayTestStuff2: Rust build servers: the record, Creative Rust servers: the record and The vanilla Rust servers on record. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Creative ^c and Build server ^k; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
The record
Which version of Rust does WhyPlayTestStuff2 run?
On Windows, WhyPlayTestStuff2 runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166257. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is WhyPlayTestStuff2 online, and how reliable is it?
Offline now, WhyPlayTestStuff2 was last seen 29 days 18 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 0 were up: 0% of the time. 17 September 2026 is when Rust Server History first saw it.
Where is WhyPlayTestStuff2 located?
There is no region published by WhyPlayTestStuff2, and its region code is us4. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. Its entry gives 162.142.111.85:28030 as the address.
Wipe log
What does wipe day look like on WhyPlayTestStuff2?
An average peak of 1 players was drawn by its recent wipes. With 2 more waiting in the queue, the crowd peaked 0 hours after the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on WhyPlayTestStuff2?
The force wipe is the only wipe on WhyPlayTestStuff2, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. The world it runs now dates from 33 days 22 hours ago. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Player record
How does WhyPlayTestStuff2 rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last seven days put WhyPlayTestStuff2 at #14,447: a place in the top 60% of all ranked servers.
How busy is WhyPlayTestStuff2?
The last sighting of WhyPlayTestStuff2 in the live count was 29 days 18 hours ago; it is offline now.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on WhyPlayTestStuff2?
The name of WhyPlayTestStuff2 carries no gather rate. The limit of 8 players per group is the game's default. build & creative is the game mode, sandbox construction without gathering. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The name vanilla is used here: rates, kits and rules are as Facepunch ships them. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does WhyPlayTestStuff2 run?
Seed 1991152213, size 4,250: such is the procedural map WhyPlayTestStuff2 runs, generated by the game. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page, since one size and seed always give one map.
Joining the server
How do I join WhyPlayTestStuff2?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 162.142.111.85:28030 to connect. Launch Rust from this page instead and you join through Steam with the connect already made.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp0,ptrak,$rus4,v2634,^m,^v,^c,^k,gmrust,cs166257,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp0
ts8
v2634
cs166257
ptrak
$rus4
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^v
Gameplay
^c
^k
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.