Offline 104.28.225.96:28015 checked 15d ago
test server
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 3 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer 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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 63% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Next wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 7d 19h The force wipe
ResultsWipes
newest first| 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.
About the server
Is test server online, and how reliable is it?
test server sits offline; 15 days 14 hours ago is when it was last seen. The last 7 full days put it at 0 of 168 hours up, 0% uptime. On 13 October 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Which Rust version is test server on?
Windows carries Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584 at test server. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is test server located?
No region is published by test server. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. The address you connect to is 104.28.225.96:28015.
Tags
What do the server tags on test server mean?
gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp3 (Max players): Slot count: 3; ts8 (Group limit): No more than 8 to a team, as the game sets by default; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2634; cs167584 (Build): The game build here is 167584; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): The wipe comes once a month, with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^p (PvE): The danger comes from the world, not from other players; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded are the tags test server publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include test server?
You will find test server on the following Rust Player Stats lists: Modded Rust servers, live and Best Rust PvE servers (2026). Under the server list's filters it appears in: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server rules
What are the rules and settings on test server?
No gather rate appears in the name of test server. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. other players are not fought: that is the pve game mode. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. It runs plugins: Oxide. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
What is the population on test server at the moment?
Last seen 15 days 14 hours ago, test server is offline right now.
Where does test server sit in the rankings?
The last seven days put test server at #13,823 on player hours: top 63% of all ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on test server?
An estimate from the force wipe gives test server's next wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe comes, and that is its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now was made 26 days 2 hours ago. The wipe schedule in its tags is monthly.
Joining the server
How do I join test server?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 104.28.225.96:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^p,^m,gmvanilla,cs167584,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp3
ts8
v2634
cs167584
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.