Test Server
Offline 5.3.229.55:28015 checked 38d 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
Not 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 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 21 Sep, 20:58 UTC38d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Mon 21 Sep, 05:19 UTC38d ago | 1 | – | 0.7 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Test Server?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Test Server: Modded Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Test Server mean?
For the server browser, Test Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2633 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2633, so your client has to match it to join; cs164530 (Build): It's on game build 164530; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Test Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #14,455 puts Test Server in the top 63% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Test Server right now?
Test Server went quiet 38 days 2 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
About the server
Is Test Server online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Test Server was last seen 38 days 2 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 21 September 2026.
Where is Test Server located?
There is no region from 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 5.3.229.55:28015.
Which Rust version is Test Server on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530 is the version Test Server runs on Windows. 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?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Test Server?
The record of Test Server's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 38 days 2 hours.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on Test Server?
The name of Test Server says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Carbon. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Getting in
How do I join Test Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 5.3.229.55:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.