test
Offline 181.163.45.253:28015 checked 33d 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 61% 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.
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
25 SEP 2026Fri 25 Sep, 22:25 UTC33d ago |
1 | – | running | 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.
Rules and settings
On test, which rules and settings apply?
You will find no gather rate in the name of test. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What is the map on test?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what test runs.
Tags and filters
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is test filed under?
The Rust Server Index lists that include test are Community Rust servers, indexed. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags are attached to test, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by test and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp1 (Max players): Player cap: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2633 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): Build on file: 165217; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe dates
What happens on wipe day at test?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does test wipe?
Its rhythm is not yet clear, since the record holds too few of test's wipes. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, and it wipes every Rust server. Its present world dates from 33 days 9 hours.
Players and ranking
Where does test sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places test at #14,105, among the top 61% of ranked servers.
Is test quiet or crowded?
The last check found test offline, last seen 33 days 9 hours ago.
Operator and status
What version does test use?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217, on Windows, is what test runs. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Is test reachable, and does it stay up?
Last seen 33 days 9 hours ago, test is offline right now. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. On 25 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Where in the world is test hosted?
test gives no region at all. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 181.163.45.253:28015.
Connecting
How can you connect to test?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 181.163.45.253:28015 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp1
ts8
v2633
cs165217
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.