Element card · group PvE · atomic number 14,510, its rank
test server
Offline 104.28.193.96:28015 checked 25d ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is best
Top 64% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 21:04 UTC26d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 16:40 UTC30d ago | 1 | – | 4.2 days | 0 |
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageServer setup
How is test server configured, and what rules apply?
No gather rate appears in the name of test server. Groups top out at 8 players, the default for the game. Play runs as pve, other players cannot be fought. Plugins or settings change the game, so the browser lists it under Modded. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: Valve's VAC.
About the server
Which location is test server based in?
No region is published by test server. Rust Data Lab shows a server's stated location, not a verified position of the machine. 104.28.193.96:28015 is the address it uses.
What Rust version does test server currently run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586 on Windows is what test server uses. Your game needs to match the protocol to join, and Steam updates it automatically.
How reliably does test server stay online?
Right now test server is offline, with its last appearance 25 days 23 hours ago. It was online for 0 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, which is 0% uptime. The first sighting by Rust Data Lab was on 27 September 2026.
Wipe days
What is the wiping pattern on test server?
The only wipe on test server is the monthly force wipe. The next time this server wipes will be the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which wipes every Rust server. Counting back, the current world began 26 days ago. Wipes monthly, according to the schedule in its tags.
How does test server look on the day of a wipe?
At their busiest, recent wipes averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
Where it appears
What should you understand from the tags test server carries?
The game's server browser reads the tags test server publishes, which are gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival, vanilla style; mp3 (Max players): Player slots: 3; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166586 (Build): Build number: 166586; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Wipes happen monthly, at the force wipe; ^p (PvE): You fight the world, not other players; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) powers the plugins; ^z (Modded): You will find it under Modded: the game is altered by plugins or settings. Also in the tags are the players on now, the queue length and the world's creation time, and you can see them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Data Lab filters and lists does test server appear in?
The Rust Data Lab lists that include test server are: Modded Rust servers, measured and Best Rust PvE servers, measured live. You can find it on the server list by applying these filters: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Population
What position does test server hold among Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours table has test server at #14,510, in the top 64% of ranked servers.
How full is test server right now?
No live signal from test server right now, which was last seen 25 days 23 hours ago.
How to join
What steps get you onto test server?
You can connect by pressing F1 in Rust and entering client.connect 104.28.193.96:28015, or by pressing Launch Rust here, which starts the game through Steam and joins for you.