Test Server
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 63%.
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
5.3.229.55:28015
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 2452 places on last week. Top 63% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 5.3.229.55:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 50
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 21 Sep 2026, 22:04 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 21 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 are Test Server's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of Test Server. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded in the browser is where it appears: plugins or settings change how the game plays. You find Carbon plugins in use. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Tags
What are the tags on Test Server for?
These tags come from Test Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp50 (Max players): Slot count: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2633 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2633 or the door stays shut; cs164530 (Build): Running build 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): Plugin framework: Carbon. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Which Boongarust filters show Test Server?
The Boongarust lists that take Test Server are: Top modded Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the physical location of Test Server?
From 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 5.3.229.55:28015.
What's the uptime like on Test Server?
Offline now, Test Server was last seen 16 days 2 hours ago. 0 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 0% uptime. 21 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Test Server using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 on Windows: that is Test Server. 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?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 1 players. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
When does Test Server wipe?
With so few of Test Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 16 days 2 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Where does Test Server sit in the rankings?
In the top 63% of all ranked servers, Test Server is #14,455 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is Test Server busy?
Down right now: Test Server, last spotted 16 days 2 hours back.
How to join
What's the process to join Test Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 5.3.229.55:28015. 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 mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8,^z,^y.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.