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
5.186.52.179:28015
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 592 places on last week. Top 63% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 5.186.52.179:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 1 Oct 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. You can fight and raid other players. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
Server tags
What are the tags on Test Server for?
gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166493 (Build): Running build 166493; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing 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. 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; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
Where can you find Test Server?
No region comes from Test Server. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 5.186.52.179:28015.
How often is Test Server online?
Last seen 6 days 15 hours ago, Test Server is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 6 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 144. It entered Boongarust's records on 1 October 2026.
What Rust version is Test Server using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166493 on Windows: that is Test Server. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
When does Test Server wipe?
Test Server's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world is 6 days 16 hours old.
Player counts
Where does Test Server sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put Test Server at #15,011, in the top 63% of all ranked servers.
What's the player count on Test Server?
Test Server last showed life 6 days 15 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
Join the server
How do you connect to Test Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 5.186.52.179:28015. 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 mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166493,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.