TestServer
Offline 79.196.179.26:28015 checked 18d 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 65% 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.
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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include TestServer?
You'll find TestServer on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 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 TestServer mean?
For the server browser, TestServer lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp5 (Max players): It has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167398 (Build): The game build is 167398; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does TestServer rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank TestServer at #14,455, within the top 65% of ranked servers.
How many players are on TestServer right now?
Offline now, TestServer was last spotted 18 days 16 hours ago.
About the server
Is TestServer online, and how reliable is it?
The server TestServer is not online now; 18 days 16 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 9 October 2026.
Where is TestServer located?
No region is published by TestServer. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 79.196.179.26:28015.
Which Rust version is TestServer on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167398 is the version TestServer runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on TestServer?
Too few wipes are on record for TestServer to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 19 days 5 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does TestServer run?
A procedural map is what TestServer runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on TestServer?
No gather rate appears in the name of TestServer. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
How to join
How do I join TestServer?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 79.196.179.26:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.