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
198.53.179.67:28015
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
Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 198.53.179.67:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 13 Sep 2026, 14:27 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.
Server rules
What settings does Test Server use?
The name of Test Server does not include a gather rate. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC off.
What's the map on Test Server?
The map on Test Server is procedural, created by the game.
Server tags
What do Test Server's tags signify?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp1 (Max players): Slot count: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2633 to get in; cs163794 (Build): Game build is 163794; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank are the tags Test Server puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Which Boongarust filters show Test Server?
The Boongarust lists that take Test Server are: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
What's the physical location of Test Server?
No region is published by Test Server. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 198.53.179.67:28015.
How reliable is Test Server?
Test Server is down, with the last sighting 22 days 7 hours ago. 0 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 0% uptime. It entered Boongarust's records on 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is Test Server using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Windows: that is Test Server. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
Test Server wipes on what schedule?
With so few of Test Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. Its world is 24 days 21 hours old.
Player counts
What's Test Server's rank among Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Test Server at #13,327, in the top – of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Test Server?
Test Server last showed life 22 days 7 hours ago; it is offline now.
Join the server
How can you get into Test Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 198.53.179.67:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.