HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 52%.
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
198.254.93.12:28015
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 4581 places on last week. Top 52% of all ranked servers, top 74% in NA. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
HNCRust.com *HNC Rust Test Server is now invite only. See HNCRust.com for details. *Test Server may wipe and restart at any time. *Not recommended for daily use. *Please consider our main server.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 198.254.93.12:28015
- Region
- NA · us1
- Max players
- 50
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 28 Sep 2026, 23:57 UTC
- Hostname
- testserver.hncrust.com
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
- Operator · hncrust.com
- HNC Rust 10000x PvE 9/50
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 settings does HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only use?
There is no gather rate in the name of HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only. It uses the default group size of 8 players. 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.
What's the map on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only uses a custom map of 4,750; the published file can be downloaded here.
Tags
What are the tags on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only for?
The game's server browser reads the tags HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): Room for 50; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166652 (Build): Game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $rus1 (Region code): The region code reads us1; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight players; the environment does the killing; ^o (Oxide): Plugin framework: Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America; rustmaps (Custom tag): This is no standard Rust tag; a plugin or the owner put it there. 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 HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only: Top modded Rust servers, Best Rust PvE servers and North America Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Who operates HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
A hncrust.com hostname is published by HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only, and by 1 other server we track, so the same operator most likely runs them.
Server details
Is HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only laggy?
Server fps held an average of 58 across the last 48 hours, minimum 53. Buildings, deployables and everything else added up to as many as 142,408 entities. At its highest, memory consumption was 5,741 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and entities pile up.
What's the location of HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
Its NA tag places HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only in North America, and its region code is us1. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 198.254.93.12:28015.
What's the uptime like on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
Right now HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only is live. A restart happened about 4 days 3 hours ago, based on the uptime figure. Last 7 full days: 100% uptime, with 168 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build does HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux: that is HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
What happens on wipe day at HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only'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. Its world is 9 days 4 hours old.
Population
What's HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only's rank among Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours put HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only at #12,486, within the top 52% of ranked servers and #1,465 across North America.
How many players are on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
Right now, 0 players are on HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only, which has 50 slots. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
Join the server
How can you get into HNC Rust Test Server - Invite Only?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 198.254.93.12:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect. Find it at https://hncrust.com.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp50,ptrak,$rus1,v2634,NA,^p,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8,^o^z,rustmaps.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.