Test Server
NA 66.51.98.52:28005 checked 11m 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 24 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 58% of all ranked servers, top 76% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 1 days between real wipes
- on rhythm
- 25% of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 03:22 UTC 11d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:03 UTCFW 12d ago | 1 | – | 1.3 days | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 20:43 UTC 13d ago | 1 | – | 0.9 days | 1 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 10:31 UTC 13d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 1 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 17:22 UTC 15d ago | 1 | – | 1.7 days | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 08:14 UTC 15d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 07:08 UTC 16d ago | 1 | – | 1 days | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 20:08 UTC 18d ago | 1 | – | 1.5 days | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 10:09 UTC 18d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 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.
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Quick answers
Player Count
Test Server ranking: what position does it hold?
Test Server ranks #1,408 in North America and #12,862 overall on player hours over the last seven days, in the top 58% of ranked servers.
What is the player count on Test Server?
The current player count for Test Server is 1, out of 50 slots. The average player count over the last seven days is 1, with a peak of 1. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 03:00 UTC, when the average player count was 0.
Tags & Lists
Test Server tags: what do they indicate?
Read by the game's server browser, the tags Test Server publishes are: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard; mp50 (Max players): Slot count is 50; ts8 (Group limit): The game default is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month on the force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue and when its world was made, taken from the tags.
Where does Test Server appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include Test Server are: Best modded Rust servers and North American Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Information
Test Server Rust version: which one?
The combination is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux for Test Server. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is Test Server and is it online?
Test Server is currently online. Over the past 7 full days, it was online 2 of 168 hours, 1% of the time. On 24 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
What is the location of Test Server?
Its NA tag places Test Server in North America. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. 66.51.98.52:28005 is its address.
Rules and Settings
Which map is used on Test Server?
On Test Server, the map is procedural, size 3,000 with seed 1, generated by the game. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed produce an identical map.
What are the settings and rules for Test Server?
The name Test Server carries no gather multiplier. With no stated limit, groups default to 8 players. Listed as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Raids and PvP are on. Listed as Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugin count: Oxide. VAC: on.
Wipe Information
Test Server wipe schedule: what does it show?
Test Server wipes at the monthly force wipe only. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe that takes every Rust server. Its world dates from 11 days 1 hours. Monthly wipes appear in its tags.
On Test Server, what occurs on wipe day?
An average peak of 1 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How to Join
How can I connect to Test Server?
Use the F1 console: client.connect 66.51.98.52:28005. Launch Rust on this page does the same by opening Rust through Steam and connecting.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,NA,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Rust survival, standard.
mp50- Max players Slot count is 50.
ts8- Group limit The game default is 8 per team.
v2634- Protocol Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join.
cs167781- Build Build 167781.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly This server wipes once a month on the force wipe.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z- Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded.
Region
NA- North America The server browser lists it under North America.
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.