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Specimen recordcat. no. 13,668habitat unknownfirst seen 7 Oct 2026

Test Server

Offline 85.172.95.121:28015 checked 20d ago

Measurements

Players now
1/ 2
= 1 player
50% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#13,668
top 62%
Last wipe
21d 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
15k10k15k20k7 Oct8 Oct10 Oct11 Oct13 Oct14 Oct

Top 62% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

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

Population

How does Test Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Test Server at #13,668, within the top 62% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Test Server?

We have no live count for Test Server right now. It was last seen 20 days ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Test Server mean?

These are the tags Test Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp2 (Max players): The server has 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166988 (Build): Game build: 166988; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $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?

On Rust Population, Test Server is filed under these lists: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Test Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Test Server to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 21 days 1 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does Test Server run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Test Server.

What are the rules and settings on Test Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Test Server states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Test Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166988 on Windows for Test Server. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Test Server online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Test Server 20 days ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 7 October 2026.

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. Connect at 85.172.95.121:28015.

How to join

How do I join Test Server?

Either enter client.connect 85.172.95.121:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166988,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp2
Max players The server has 2 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2634
Protocol The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect.
cs166988
Build Game build: 166988.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$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.