Live coverage · Rust server
Offline MD's Testing Grounds is not on the server list right now. The figures below are from when it was last seen, 2d ago.
The count
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Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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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.
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Top 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
World reset
Tuesday 27 October 2026, 00:56 UTC
World reset
Tuesday 27 October 2026, 00:42 UTC
World reset
Monday 26 October 2026, 23:32 UTC
World reset
Monday 26 October 2026, 23:10 UTC
World reset
Monday 26 October 2026, 22:47 UTC
World reset
Monday 26 October 2026, 22:43 UTC
World reset
Monday 26 October 2026, 22:34 UTC
Every few hours MD's Testing Grounds generates a new world; that is a reset, not a wipe, and no wipe schedule exists.
The Rust Live Stats lists that include MD's Testing Grounds are Modded Rust servers live now. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
The server browser reads gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in the vanilla style; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams stop at 8, the default the game ships with; v2635 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer — the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings changes put this under Modded; ^y (Carbon): It uses the plugin framework Carbon, which MD's Testing Grounds publishes. Players now, queue length and world creation time are carried in the tags too, and appear at the top of this page.
MD's Testing Grounds reads offline at the moment; the last sighting was 2 days 17 hours ago. Peak over the past week: 1. Average: 0 players.
Ranked by seven-day player hours, MD's Testing Grounds is #12,802, placing it in the top 57% of ranked servers.
No gather rate appears in the name MD's Testing Grounds. No custom limit is set, so groups hold the default 8 players. survival is the mode, with the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. Modded is its browser category, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are in use. Anti-cheat: VAC from Valve is enabled.
No region is published by MD's Testing Grounds. The location shown on Rust Live Stats is the one a server gives, not a lookup of the machine's position. You can reach it at 73.191.106.243:28015.
MD's Testing Grounds operates on Windows with Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.
MD's Testing Grounds is currently offline, with its last appearance 2 days 17 hours ago. 3 of 48 hours were online in the last 2 full days, giving 6% uptime. Rust Live Stats has tracked it since 26 October 2026.
Use Launch Rust and join on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 73.191.106.243:28015.