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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,874habitat unknownfirst seen 8 Oct 2026

Test server

Offline 37.6.216.251:28099 checked 20d ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 2
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,874
top 72%
Last wipe
20d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes 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
15k10k15k20k8 Oct10 Oct11 Oct13 Oct14 Oct16 Oct

Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

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

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 8 Oct, 21:47 UTC20d ago 0 – running 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Test server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Test server places at #15,874, within the top 72% of ranked servers.

How busy is Test server?

Test server is offline at this count; we last saw it 20 days 1 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Test server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Test server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp2 (Max players): You can join up to 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167231 (Build): This server runs game build 167231; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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?

On Rust Population, Test server is filed under these lists: 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 does wipe day look like on Test server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

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. 20 days 11 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does Test server run?

Test server uses a map the game generates: procedural.

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. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Test server run?

On Windows, Test server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Test server online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment, Test server was last seen 20 days 1 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 8 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Test server located?

Nothing published by Test server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 37.6.216.251:28099 is where it lives.

How to join

How do I join Test server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 37.6.216.251:28099; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167231,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp2
Max players You can join up to 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs167231
Build This server runs game build 167231.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.