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Specimen recordcat. no. 9,408habitat unknownfirst seen 18 Sep 2026

Test Server

Online 88.198.7.190:28115 checked 10m ago

solo vanillamoddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 10
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 2
Rank
#9,408
top 42%
Last wipe
5d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123417:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

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 18 Sep. 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 Sep23 Sep26 Sep30 Sep26 Oct29 Oct

Top 42% of all ranked servers, and #179 of the solo servers (top 81%). 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.

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 22 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 23 Oct, 22:02 UTC5d ago 2 – 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

Player counts

How does Test Server rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Test Server places at #9,408, within the top 42% of ranked servers. It places #179 among servers of the solo kind.

How busy is Test Server?

The count reads 0 players on Test Server, which has 10 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 2 at the busiest.

Lists and 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): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp10 (Max players): You can join up to 10 slots; ts1 (Group limit): Teams can have no more than 1 players; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Who runs Test Server?

A p-o-t.net hostname is published by Test Server, as it is by 1 other server we track; the same operator most likely runs them both.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Test Server?

Test Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted and Solo Rust servers, counted live. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: Solo; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Test Server?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 22 hours in.

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. 5 days 18 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does Test Server run?

A procedural map of size 4,250 from seed 1234, generated by the game, is in use on Test Server. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Test Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Test Server. Solo play only: teams are not allowed. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Carbon running as plugins. By its own description it is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Test Server run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Test Server uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Test Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 40 server fps, with 40 as the lowest. Up to 61,929 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 3,881 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Test Server online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Test Server online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 23 hours ago. It was up 61% of the time over the last 7 full days, 103 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 18 September 2026.

Where is Test Server located?

No region is published by Test Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 88.198.7.190:28115.

How to join

How do I join Test Server?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 88.198.7.190:28115. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. For more, visit its website: https://www.lagcity.eu/.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^v,gmrust,cs168909,ts1

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp10
Max players You can join up to 10 slots.
ts1
Group limit Teams can have no more than 1 players.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

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.