Element card · group Community · atomic number 15,326, its rank
Test Server
Online 216.245.177.46:28015 checked 5m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is best
Top 69% of all ranked servers, and #199 of the solo servers (top 90%). Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 1, 28 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 6 Oct, 10:53 UTC23d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 10:39 UTC42d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 19 days | 0 |
| Tue 15 Sep, 00:57 UTC44d ago | 1 | held half | 2.4 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
What map is in play on Test Server?
The map on Test Server is procedural at size 4,000 with seed 3513435846, made by the game. The map repeats when size and seed match, and you can view it on RustMaps from this page.
What settings and rules apply on Test Server?
Nothing in the name of Test Server gives a gather rate. Solo play only: teams are not allowed. Play runs as survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Raids and player fights are part of play here. You will find it under Community in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is enabled.
Server details
In what location does Test Server sit?
There is no region on record for Test Server. Rust Data Lab shows a server's stated location, not a verified position of the machine. Connect at 216.245.177.46:28015.
Which Rust version is Test Server on?
On Windows, Test Server is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliably does Test Server stay online?
Right now, Test Server is reachable. The uptime it reports suggests it restarted roughly 12 hours ago. For the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, giving 99% uptime. It first appeared to Rust Data Lab on 13 September 2026.
How well does Test Server perform?
Server fps averaged 96 over the last 48 hours, with 76 as the lowest. The maximum entity count was 88,251, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. Up to 5,624 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is caused by low fps and an increasing entity count.
Wipe days
How often does a wipe happen on Test Server, and at what time?
No next wipe can be predicted on Test Server: its wipes come at irregular times. A monthly force wipe happens on every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 23 days 2 hours ago.
What does a typical wipe day on Test Server involve?
At their busiest, recent wipes averaged 1 players. Peak numbers on the latest wipe came 28 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. Where it did not hold, the crowd dropped below half by day 2.
Tags, lists
Which meanings sit behind the tags on Test Server?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): 30 is the slot count; ts1 (Group limit): Teams cap at 1 players; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): The game build is 166652; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set: that is the tag list Test Server publishes, and the game's server browser reads it. Current players, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags too, shown at the top of this page.
Where among the Rust Data Lab lists and filters does Test Server come up?
You will find Test Server on the following Rust Data Lab lists: Rust community servers, measured and Solo Rust servers: group limit 1. Applying these filters on the server list returns it: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: Solo.
Player counts
What position does Test Server hold among Rust servers?
The seven-day player-hours table has Test Server at #15,326, in the top 69% of ranked servers. In the solo category it ranks #199.
How full is Test Server right now?
Of 30 slots, 0 are taken on Test Server right now. Over seven days the mean player count is 0.
Connection
What steps get you onto Test Server?
In Rust, press F1 and enter client.connect 216.245.177.46:28015. Or click Launch Rust here to open Rust via Steam and connect automatically.