Test Server
Offline 177.188.250.135:28015 checked 27d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 63% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its 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, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Oct, 07:38 UTC27d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 02:43 UTC30d ago | 0 | – | 2.2 days | 1 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 01:50 UTC35d ago | 1 | held half | 5 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.
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 Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Test Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Test Server mean?
These are the tags Test Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp0 (Max players): Slots: 0; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs166586 (Build): It's on game build 166586; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does Test Server rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Test Server at #14,559, within the top 63% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Test Server right now?
Test Server went quiet 27 days 19 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
Server details
Is Test Server online, and how reliable is it?
Test Server shows as offline, last spotted 27 days 19 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 25 September 2026.
Where is Test Server located?
No region is published by Test Server. 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 177.188.250.135:28015.
Which Rust version is Test Server on?
On Windows, Test Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166586. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Test Server when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
What is the wipe schedule on Test Server?
There is no next wipe to predict on Test Server, because wipes come at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 28 days 5 hours.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Test Server?
The name of Test Server says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join Test Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 177.188.250.135:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.