Oxide Test Server
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 38%.
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
178.168.43.230:28015
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 38% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 178.168.43.230:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 4
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 3 Oct 2026, 07:37 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 3 Oct 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 Oxide Test Server use?
The name of Oxide Test Server does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
What's the map on Oxide Test Server?
The map on Oxide Test Server is procedural, created by the game.
Tags
What are the tags on Oxide Test Server for?
These tags come from Oxide Test Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp4 (Max players): Room for 4; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166652 (Build): Game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
What Boongarust lists feature Oxide Test Server?
The Boongarust lists that take Oxide Test Server are: Top modded Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server info
Where can you find Oxide Test Server?
From Oxide Test Server, there is no region. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 178.168.43.230:28015.
How reliable is Oxide Test Server?
Oxide Test Server is down, with the last sighting 4 days 13 hours ago. Last 5 full days: 5% uptime, with 6 hours up out of 120. The first record Boongarust has is 3 October 2026.
Which Rust build does Oxide Test Server have?
On Linux, Oxide Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
How often does Oxide Test Server wipe?
With so few of Oxide Test Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. The world you are on was made 5 days 20 hours.
Population
Where does Oxide Test Server sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put Oxide Test Server at #8,754, in the top 38% of all ranked servers.
Is Oxide Test Server busy?
Down right now: Oxide Test Server, last spotted 4 days 13 hours back. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
How to join
How do you connect to Oxide Test Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 178.168.43.230:28015. 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 mp4,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.