TEST only
Offline EU 176.63.201.196:28015 checked 8d ago
Vital stats
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 14 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 88% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Wednesday 28 October, 21:10 UTC, in 22h. Weekly: 7 days after its last wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include TEST only?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include TEST only: European Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Game mode: Premium; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Premium ^q, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on TEST only mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from TEST only: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): It has 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167398 (Build): Game build: 167398; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^w (Weekly): It wipes weekly; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^q (Premium): Rust's premium status is required to join; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does TEST only rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, TEST only sits at #15,285, inside the top 69% of ranked servers and at #2,584 in Europe.
How many players are on TEST only right now?
TEST only went quiet 8 days 20 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server facts
Is TEST only online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: TEST only was last seen 8 days 20 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 14 October 2026.
Where is TEST only located?
TEST only uses its EU tag to list itself in Europe. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 176.63.201.196:28015.
Which Rust version is TEST only on?
On Windows, TEST only runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on TEST only?
From weekly: 7 days after its last wipe comes the estimate for TEST only's next wipe. Wednesday 28 October at 21:10 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. 13 days 1 hours is when the present world was made. The tags say wipes happen every week.
The rules
Which map does TEST only run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 12345 is what TEST only runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on TEST only?
No gather rate appears in the name of TEST only. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. Vanilla is what it calls itself: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Rust's premium status is required to join. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join TEST only?
Enter client.connect 176.63.201.196:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. Rust's premium status is required to join.