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
86.2.28.172:28015
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 8672 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 86.2.28.172:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 10
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 3 Sep 2026, 19:42 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 15 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?
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, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. The server has VAC off.
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?
These tags come from Test Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp10 (Max players): Slot count: 10; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs162929 (Build): Running build 162929; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Which Boongarust filters show Test Server?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Test Server: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What's the physical location of Test Server?
From Test Server, there is no region. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 86.2.28.172:28015.
What's the uptime like on Test Server?
Test Server is down, with the last sighting 14 days ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 15 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Test Server have?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 162929 on Windows: that is Test Server. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
How often does Test Server wipe?
The record holds too few of Test Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 34 days 6 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Ranking wise, where does Test Server place?
Ranked #15,558 on seven-day player hours, Test Server is in the top 71% overall.
How many players are on Test Server?
Down right now: Test Server, last spotted 14 days back.
Join the server
What's the process to join Test Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 86.2.28.172:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs162929,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.