Offline NA 66.51.98.52:28005 checked 3d ago
Test Server
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 50 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, measured since 24 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 63% of all ranked servers, top 77% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 7d 2h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 2hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 2hThu 3 Dec, 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.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 21 Oct, 10:45 UTC8d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Sun 18 Oct, 01:50 UTC11d ago | 1 | held half | 3.4 days | 0 |
| Fri 16 Oct, 20:56 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | 1.2 days | 0 |
| Wed 14 Oct, 20:34 UTC14d ago | 1 | held half | 2 days | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 03:22 UTC26d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 11.7 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 19:03 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | 1.3 days | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 20:43 UTC28d ago | 1 | – | 0.9 days | 1 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 10:31 UTC29d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 1 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 17:22 UTC30d ago | 1 | – | 1.7 days | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 08:14 UTC31d ago | 1 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Sun 27 Sep, 07:08 UTC32d ago | 1 | – | 1 days | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 20:08 UTC33d ago | 1 | – | 1.5 days | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 10:09 UTC34d 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.
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 Test Server online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment, Test Server was last seen 3 days 7 hours ago. 2% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 4 of 168 hours up. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 24 September 2026.
Which Rust version is Test Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux: that is the setup at Test Server. Same protocol or no entry: your game must match, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Where is Test Server located?
The NA tag on Test Server puts it in North America. Rust Player Stats takes the server's word on where it is and does not look up the machine's real location. 66.51.98.52:28005 is the address.
Server tags
What do the server tags on Test Server mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival as standard; mp50 (Max players): Slot count: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the game default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): There's no region code on this one; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe is the monthly wipe here; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America are the tags Test Server publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. 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 Test Server?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include Test Server are: Modded Rust servers, live and North America Rust servers. Under the server list's filters it appears in: 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 rules
Which map is running on Test Server?
Size 5,800, seed 1337: that is the procedural map Test Server runs, generated by the game. Same size, same seed, same map, so RustMaps shows it from this page. Read the map name off the board: Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on Test Server?
The name of Test Server does not say what the gather rate is. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. survival, build, gather and raid in the standard game. You can fight and raid other players here. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. Plugins in use: Oxide. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Live counts
What is the population on Test Server at the moment?
Last seen 3 days 7 hours ago, Test Server is offline right now. Seven days back gives an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Where does Test Server sit in the rankings?
In North America it is #1,430, and #14,168 on seven-day player hours, in the top 63% of all ranked servers: Test Server.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Test Server?
Once a month, Test Server wipes with the force wipe. When every Rust server wipes, on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, its next wipe is the force wipe. 8 days 5 hours ago is when its current world was made. The wipe schedule in its tags is monthly.
What does wipe day look like on Test Server?
1 players on average is what its recent wipes drew at their busiest. The crowd reached its peak 0 hours after the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 67% of recent wipes. It fell below half by day 2 when it didn't hold.
Joining the server
How do I join Test Server?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 66.51.98.52:28005. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Mods and access
^o
^z
Region
NA
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.