test
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 52%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
104.238.229.209:29015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 2764 places on last week. Top 52% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 104.238.229.209:29015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 100
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 5 Oct 2026, 18:16 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does test use?
No gather rate appears in the name of test. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded in the browser is where it appears: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on test?
Custom map, size 1,000, on test. Its published file is downloadable from this page.
Tags
How should you read the tags on test?
These tags come from test and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp100 (Max players): Slot count: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166652 (Build): Running build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): It is Modded: plugins or settings make the difference; rustmaps (Custom tag): Owner or plugin made this tag. Rust does not ship it. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Where does test appear in Boongarust lists?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for test: Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Server details
How smooth is test?
The 48-hour average was 30 server fps; the floor was 30. The entity count reached 4,935: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. It drew as much as 1,179 MB of memory. Players feel lag when fps drops and entities pile up.
What's the physical location of test?
From test, there is no region. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 104.238.229.209:29015.
What's the uptime like on test?
Right now test is live. Its reported uptime points to a restart roughly 2 days 20 hours ago. 168 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 100% uptime. 13 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does test have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux: that is test. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe info
Wipe day at test: what's it like?
Recent wipes peaked at 1 players on average. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in. The crowd stayed above half the peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. The fall below half came by day 1 when it did not hold.
When does test wipe?
test wipes when it feels like it, so no next wipe can be predicted. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 2 days 21 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Where does test sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put test at #12,203, in the top 52% of all ranked servers.
Is test busy?
0 players are on test at the moment, out of 100 slots. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 04:00 UTC, with an average of 0 players.
How to join
What's the process to join test?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 104.238.229.209:29015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.