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Exhibit no. 12,368Acc. 2026.12368
Tiger's Testing Ground
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online NA 66.51.98.59:28025 checked 8m 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.
13 Sep Now 17 Sep22:42 1 Oct19:08 · FW 22 Oct20:58 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 10:15 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 22 Oct 202620:58 UTC6d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 0
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Thu 1 Oct 202619:08 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- halved by day 2
- Lasted
- 21.1 days
- Players before
- 0
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Thu 17 Sep 202622:42 UTC41d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- halved by day 1
- Lasted
- 13.9 days
- 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 8h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 8hThu 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, 2 hours in.
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 56% of all ranked servers, top 74% in NA. 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 Tiger's Testing Ground mean?
These tags from Tiger's Testing Ground, read by the game's server browser, are: gmrust (Game mode): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are set on this server; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap of 8 per team applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2635; matching it is required to join; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe applies here, as does the force wipe from Facepunch; ^c (Creative): Build what you like in a sandbox, with no gathering; NA (North America): Its entry in the server browser sits under North America. At the top of this page you also see the current players, the queue and when the world was made, all from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include Tiger's Testing Ground?
The Rust Server History lists that feature Tiger's Testing Ground are: Rust build servers: the record, Creative Rust servers: the record and North America Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Creative ^c; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
The record
Which version of Rust does Tiger's Testing Ground run?
The recorded build for Tiger's Testing Ground is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux. The protocol must match to join, and Steam handles that update.
Is Tiger's Testing Ground online, and how reliable is it?
At this moment Tiger's Testing Ground is online. 166 of 168 hours, or 99% of the time, over the last 7 full days. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 13 September 2026.
Where is Tiger's Testing Ground located?
With its NA tag, Tiger's Testing Ground lists itself in North America. Where a server says it is is shown on Rust Server History; where the machine stands is not looked up. You will find it at 66.51.98.59:28025.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on Tiger's Testing Ground?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 1 players. At 2 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Above half that peak until the next wipe it stayed in 0% of its recent wipes. The fall below half came by day 1.5 in those wipes where it didn't hold.
What is the wipe schedule on Tiger's Testing Ground?
Once a month Tiger's Testing Ground wipes, with the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now dates from 6 days 13 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Player record
How does Tiger's Testing Ground rank against other Rust servers?
Seven days of player hours rank Tiger's Testing Ground at #12,368, in the top 56% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #1,371.
How busy is Tiger's Testing Ground?
Against 50 slots, Tiger's Testing Ground records 0 players right now. Stored history gives a seven-day average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on Tiger's Testing Ground?
No gather rate is stated in the name of Tiger's Testing Ground. The limit of 8 players per group is the game's default. Under game mode, the entry reads build & creative, building in a sandbox, no gathering needed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Join record
How do I join Tiger's Testing Ground?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 66.51.98.59:28025 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^c,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^c
Region
NA
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.