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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,126habitat unknownfirst seen 14 Sep 2026

Test Server

Offline 104.234.116.82:28015 checked 45d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 5
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,126
no region published
Last wipe
45d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep21 Sep
Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does Test Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Test Server places at #15,126, within the top – of ranked servers.

How busy is Test Server?

At this count Test Server is offline, with its last sighting 45 days 3 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Test Server mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Test Server is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2633; cs163794 (Build): The game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Test Server?

These Rust Population lists include Test Server: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Test Server?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Test Server's wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 45 days 3 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Test Server run?

The map on Test Server is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Test Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Test Server. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Test Server run?

Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Windows is what Test Server uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Test Server online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, Test Server was last seen 45 days 3 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 14 September 2026.

Where is Test Server located?

A region is not published by Test Server. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 104.234.116.82:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Test Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 104.234.116.82:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp5
Max players 5 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2633.
cs163794
Build The game build is 163794.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.