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
74.36.211.253:28015
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 574 places on last week. Top 70% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 74.36.211.253:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 19:01 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?
No gather rate appears 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. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on test server?
test server uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
What do test server's tags signify?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp10 (Max players): 10 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166494 (Build): Build 166494; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing are the tags test server puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does test server appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find test server: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
Where can you find test server?
From test server, there is no region. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 74.36.211.253:28015.
How often is test server online?
Offline now, test server was last seen 6 days 5 hours ago. Uptime over the last 6 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 144. The first record Boongarust has is 1 October 2026.
Which Rust build does test server have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Windows: that is test server. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe info
How often does test server wipe?
With so few of test server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. Its world is 6 days 5 hours old.
Population
Where does test server sit in the rankings?
Ranked #16,685 on seven-day player hours, test server is in the top 70% overall.
Is test server busy?
test server last showed life 6 days 5 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days.
Join the server
What's the process to join test server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 74.36.211.253:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.