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
176.96.136.189:28015
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 1461 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 176.96.136.189:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 5
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 8 Sep 2026, 09:39 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 are TestServer's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of TestServer. It uses the default group size of 8 players. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on TestServer?
The map on TestServer is procedural, size 3,500, generated with seed 1234567890 by the game. You can see it on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed make the same map.
Tags
What do TestServer's tags signify?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp5 (Max players): 5 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs163207 (Build): Build 163207; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record are the tags TestServer puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Where does TestServer appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take TestServer are: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the physical location of TestServer?
No region comes from TestServer. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 176.96.136.189:28015.
What's the uptime like on TestServer?
TestServer is down, with the last sighting 10 days 20 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build does TestServer have?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163207 on Windows: that is TestServer. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
When does TestServer wipe?
With so few of TestServer's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are on was made 30 days 14 hours.
Population
Ranking wise, where does TestServer place?
In the top 71% of all ranked servers, TestServer is #16,954 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is TestServer busy?
TestServer last showed life 10 days 20 hours ago; it is offline now.
Join the server
How can you get into TestServer?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 176.96.136.189:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163207,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.