[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch
Online EU · ger 78.46.45.124:29015 checked 14m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 67% of all ranked servers, top 84% in EU, and #614 of the quad servers (top 72%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
from its schedule tagNext wipe Thursday 1 October, 18:00 UTC, in 2d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 19:16 UTC1h ago | – | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 16 Sep, 14:36 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | – | 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.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipes
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch?
Too few of [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch's wipes are on record to confirm its schedule, so the prediction follows its tag. Its next wipe is the force wipe on Thursday 1 October at 18:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. Its current world was made 47 minutes ago. It publishes an every-two-weeks wipe schedule in its tags.
What does wipe day look like on [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch?
Its recent wipes drew 1 players at their busiest, on average. On the latest wipe the crowd peaked 0 hours after the wipe. In 0% of its recent wipes the crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe. When it didn't, it fell below half by day 1.
Players
How busy is [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch?
Right now [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch has 0 players on 100 slots. Over the last seven days it averaged 0 players. In the last 48 hours it was busiest at 19:00 UTC, with 1 players on average.
How does [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch rank against other Rust servers?
[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch is #15,471 on player hours over the last seven days, in the top 67% of all ranked servers and #2,546 in Europe. Among quad servers it is #614.
Rules and map
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch?
[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch gives no gather rate in its name. Groups are limited to 4 players (quad). Its game mode is survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Players can fight and raid each other. It is listed under Modded in the server browser: plugins or settings change the game. It runs Carbon plugins. Valve's anti-cheat, VAC, is off.
Which map does [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch run?
[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch runs a procedural map, generated by the game, of size 2,750 with seed 1337. The same size and seed give the same map, so it can be looked at on RustMaps from this page. Its map name reads: Custom Map.
Tags and lists
What do the server tags on [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch mean?
[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch publishes these tags, which the game's server browser reads: gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots; ts4 (Group limit): At most 4 per team; v2633 (Protocol): Game protocol 2633: your game has to be on the same version to join; cs162929 (Build): Game build 162929; ptsw (Networking): Network layer 'sw'; $rger (Region code): The server's region code, ger; ^b (Biweekly): Wipes every two weeks; ^t (Tutorial on): New players can start with Facepunch's tutorial here; ^z (Modded): Listed under Modded: plugins or settings change the game; ^y (Carbon): Runs Carbon, a plugin framework; EU (Europe): Listed under Europe in the server browser. Its players now, its queue and the time its world was made are in the tags too, and are shown at the top of this page.
Which Zongarust lists and filters include [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch?
[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch fits these Zongarust lists: Best EU Rust servers, Best modded Rust servers and Rust tutorial servers. On the server list it comes up under these filters: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Tutorial on ^t, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Who runs [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch?
[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch publishes a protobit.space hostname, and so do 1 other server we track, so they are most likely run by the same operator.
The server
Where is [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch located?
[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch lists itself in Europe with its EU tag, and its region code is ger. Zongarust shows where a server says it is; it does not look up where the machine stands. Its address is 78.46.45.124:29015.
Is [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch online, and how reliable is it?
[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch is online right now. Over the last 7 full days it was up 7% of the time, 12 of 168 hours. Zongarust first saw it on 13 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch run?
[EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 162929 on Linux. Your game has to be on the same protocol to join; Steam updates it for you.
Joining
How do I join [EU] Protobit: Public Test Branch?
Start Rust, press F1 to open the console and enter client.connect 78.46.45.124:29015. Or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. Its website is https://rust.protobit.space.