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
85.172.95.121:28015
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
Top 53% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 85.172.95.121:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 2
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 6 Oct 2026, 18:33 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 7 Oct 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What are Test Server's rules and configuration?
The name of Test Server does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
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?
The game's server browser reads the tags Test Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp2 (Max players): 2 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166988 (Build): Build 166988; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): No region code on record. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
What Boongarust lists feature Test Server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Test Server: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
Server details
What's the location of Test Server?
No region comes from Test Server. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 85.172.95.121:28015.
How often is Test Server online?
Last seen 19 hours ago, Test Server is offline at the moment. The first record Boongarust has is 7 October 2026.
What Rust version is Test Server using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166988 on Windows: that is Test Server. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
How often does Test Server wipe?
The record holds too few of Test Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 45 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Test Server place?
In the top 53% of all ranked servers, Test Server is #12,414 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is Test Server busy?
Down right now: Test Server, last spotted 19 hours back. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 1. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 19:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.
Join the server
How do you connect to Test Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 85.172.95.121:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166988,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.