Preflight Test
Offline 172.104.86.66:53284 checked 28d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% 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.
Rules and settings
On Preflight Test, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name Preflight Test. The default group limit of 8 players applies. The server runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map on Preflight Test?
Preflight Test runs a procedural map, which the game generates.
Tags and filters
Where does Preflight Test appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Preflight Test: Community Rust servers, indexed. Filed under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
How should you read the tags listed for Preflight Test?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Preflight Test gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp1 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 1; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; older or newer clients cannot join; cs166142 (Build): It runs build 166142; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe schedule
How often is Preflight Test wiped, and on what schedule?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of Preflight Test's wipes. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now was made 28 days 17 hours.
Players and ranking
What position does Preflight Test hold among Rust servers?
On player hours over seven days, Preflight Test takes #16,904, within the top 71% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Preflight Test look like?
Filed under offline: Preflight Test, last seen 28 days 17 hours ago.
Operator and status
What Rust version is Preflight Test on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166142 on Linux is what you will find on Preflight Test. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is Preflight Test, and is it online now?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of Preflight Test was 28 days 17 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were up, 0% of the time. On 29 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Where in the world is Preflight Test hosted?
Preflight Test gives no region at all. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. You will reach it at 172.104.86.66:53284.
Connecting
What is the way onto Preflight Test?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 172.104.86.66:53284. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166142,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp1
ts8
v2634
cs166142
ptrak
$r?
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.