Test Server
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 6%.
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
185.203.152.138:28015
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
Up 52 places on last week. Top 6% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 185.203.152.138:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 50
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 7 Oct 2026, 12:09 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 23 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 Server use?
No gather rate appears in the name of Test Server. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You find Carbon plugins in use. VAC is off: Valve's anti-cheat is not running.
Server tags
What are the tags on Test Server for?
The game's server browser reads the tags Test Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp50 (Max players): Room for 50; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs167058 (Build): Game build is 167058; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): No region code on record; ^z (Modded): It is Modded: plugins or settings make the difference; ^y (Carbon): Carbon handles the plugins here. 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 Test Server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Test Server: Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours; Players now: At least 50; Average players: 50+ on average.
Server info
What's the location of Test Server?
From Test Server, there is no region. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 185.203.152.138:28015.
What's the uptime like on Test Server?
Test Server is down, with the last sighting 20 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 8% uptime, with 13 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 23 September 2026.
What Rust version is Test Server using?
On Windows, Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167058. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
Wipe day at Test Server: what's it like?
47 players was the average peak on recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 3 hours after it. In 100% of recent wipes, half the peak was the floor until the next wipe.
How often does Test Server wipe?
Test Server wipes when it feels like it, so no next wipe can be predicted. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 20 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Where does Test Server sit in the rankings?
Ranked #1,543 on seven-day player hours, Test Server is in the top 6% overall.
Is Test Server busy?
Down right now: Test Server, last spotted 20 hours back. It averaged 69 players over the last seven days and peaked at 93. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 14:00 UTC, with an average of 50 players.
Join the server
How can you get into Test Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 185.203.152.138:28015. 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167058,ts8,^z,^y.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.