test server
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 63%.
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
104.28.193.96:28015
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 4296 places on last week. Top 63% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 104.28.193.96:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 3
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 21:04 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 27 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What are test server's rules and configuration?
The name of test server does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as pve, player-versus-player combat is off. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins running: Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on test server?
The game's server browser reads the tags test server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp3 (Max players): Slot count: 3; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166586 (Build): Running build 166586; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record; ^m (Monthly): The calendar is monthly: one wipe with the force wipe; ^p (PvE): PvE: other players are not the danger, the world is; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
What Boongarust lists feature test server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find test server: Top modded Rust servers and Best Rust PvE servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
Where can you find test server?
No region is published by test server. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 104.28.193.96:28015.
How reliable is test server?
Offline now, test server was last seen 6 days 8 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 1% uptime, with 1 hours up out of 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 27 September 2026.
What Rust version is test server using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Windows: that is test server. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe info
What happens on wipe day at test server?
1 players was the average peak on recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours after it.
How often does test server wipe?
test server wipes with the force wipe, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world you are on was made 6 days 8 hours. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
Where does test server sit in the rankings?
Ranked #14,477 on seven-day player hours, test server is in the top 63% overall.
Is test server busy?
test server last showed life 6 days 8 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
How to join
What's the process to join test server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 104.28.193.96:28015. 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 mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^p,^m,gmvanilla,cs166586,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.