Offline 218.81.126.73:28015 checked 34d ago
test996
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 20 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 61% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Next wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 7d 12h 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.
Operator and location
Is test996 online, and how reliable is it?
test996 sits offline; 34 days 21 hours ago is when it was last seen. 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 0 of 168 hours up. On 24 September 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Which Rust version is test996 on?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217 on Windows: that is the setup at test996. Same protocol or no entry: your game must match, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Where is test996 located?
Nothing on test996 states a region. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. The address you connect to is 218.81.126.73:28015.
Tags
What do the server tags on test996 mean?
Tags published by test996 and picked up by the in-game browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): It's vanilla survival; mp20 (Max players): It holds 20 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2633 (Protocol): Game protocol 2633: join only if your game matches that version; cs165217 (Build): Build number: 165217; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe is the monthly wipe here; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded is its category: plugins or settings change how it plays. At the top of this page the tags give you its players right now, its queue and the date its world was created.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include test996?
These Rust Player Stats lists take test996: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Rules and settings
Which map is running on test996?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what test996 runs.
What are the rules and settings on test996?
The name of test996 does not say what the gather rate is. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. gather, build, raid: the standard game: that is the survival game mode. You can fight and raid other players here. The server browser files it under Modded: plugins or settings change the game. It runs plugins: Oxide. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Population
What is the population on test996 at the moment?
The board shows test996 offline, last seen 34 days 21 hours ago.
Where does test996 sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days place test996 at #13,313, among the top 61% of ranked servers.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on test996?
The estimate for test996's next wipe comes from the force wipe. When every Rust server wipes, on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, its next wipe is the force wipe. The world it runs now was made 34 days 23 hours ago. The wipe schedule in its tags is monthly.
How to join
How do I join test996?
In the Rust console (F1) type client.connect 218.81.126.73:28015. Alternatively, Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and drops you straight in.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^m,gmvanilla,cs165217,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp20
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
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.