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
176.253.26.226:28015
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
Top 28% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 176.253.26.226:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 2 Oct 2026, 11:10 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 2 Oct 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?
No gather rate appears in the name of Test Server. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC is off: Valve's anti-cheat is not running.
What's the map on Test Server?
Test Server uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Test Server?
These tags come from Test Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp10 (Max players): 10 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166586 (Build): Game build is 166586; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does Test Server appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take Test Server are: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server info
What's the physical location of Test Server?
No region comes from Test Server. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 176.253.26.226:28015.
What's the uptime like on Test Server?
Offline now, Test Server was last seen 4 days 18 hours ago. Last 5 full days: 11% uptime, with 13 hours up out of 120. The first record Boongarust has is 2 October 2026.
Which Rust build does Test Server have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Windows: that is Test Server. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
Test Server wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of Test Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 5 days 19 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Test Server place?
Ranked #6,699 on seven-day player hours, Test Server is in the top 28% overall.
What's the player count on Test Server?
Down right now: Test Server, last spotted 4 days 18 hours back. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
How to join
What's the process to join Test Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 176.253.26.226:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166586,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.