Element card · group Community · atomic number 8,456, its rank
Test Server
Offline 188.173.40.11:28017 checked 2d 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 38% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct, 12:42 UTC3d ago | 2 | – | running | 1 |
| Sun 25 Oct, 23:14 UTC3d ago | 2 | – | 0.6 days | 1 |
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.
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Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer setup
What map is in play on Test Server?
A procedural map runs on Test Server, generated by the game.
What rules has Test Server set, and what settings are in force?
No gather rate appears in the name of Test Server. With no change from the default, groups can hold up to 8 players. Play runs as survival, raiding, building and gathering: the standard game. You can fight other players and raid them. It appears under Community in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is disabled.
Server details
What region hosts Test Server?
Nothing about a region is published by Test Server. What a server states is what Rust Data Lab shows for location; no lookup of the machine's whereabouts is made. Connect at 188.173.40.11:28017.
Which Rust version is Test Server on?
On Linux, Test Server is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliably does Test Server stay online?
Currently offline, Test Server was last seen 2 days 22 hours ago. For the last 3 full days, 5 of 72 hours were online, giving 7% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 25 October 2026.
Wipe schedule
How often does a wipe happen on Test Server, and at what time?
Test Server's wipe history on record is too thin yet to tell its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe, which wipes all Rust servers, is scheduled for Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 3 days 3 hours ago the current world was made.
On Test Server, what happens when wipe day arrives?
At their busiest, recent wipes averaged 2 players. Peak numbers on the latest wipe came 0 hours in.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags on Test Server?
The game's server browser reads the tags Test Server publishes, which are gmrust (Game mode): Standard Rust survival is the game here; mp10 (Max players): It has 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, the default the game ships with; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs build 168909; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region field is left blank. 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.
Where among the Rust Data Lab lists and filters does Test Server come up?
The Rust Data Lab lists that include Test Server are: Rust community servers, measured. 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 week.
Player numbers
How does Test Server compare with other servers in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours table has Test Server at #8,456, in the top 38% of ranked servers.
What does the current player count on Test Server tell you?
Test Server is offline at the moment; the last sighting was 2 days 22 hours ago. A seven-day sample gives 1 players on average and 2 at the top.
Connection
How can you connect to Test Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 188.173.40.11:28017. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job through Steam.