test
176.9.18.206:20083 checked 17h 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
daily · 1 is bestTop 32% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 14 Oct, 08:08 UTC1d ago | – | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 16:33 UTC11d ago | 0 | – | 10.6 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
Quick answers
Rules and settings
Which settings and rules apply on test?
There is no gather rate in the name test. The group cap is 8 players, the default for the game. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the regular game. Other players can be fought and raided. Community is its section in the server browser. Its own label is vanilla: nothing is altered from the base game—no custom rates, kits or rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
What is the map on test?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what test runs.
Population
How many players are on test?
Last seen 17 hours ago, test is offline at the moment. Its weekly average is 0 players and its highest point was 2. The highest average over the last 48 hours came at 15:00 UTC, with 1 players.
Where does test sit in the rankings?
For player hours over the last week, test is #7,186, which puts it in the top 32% of all ranked servers.
Server tags
What do test's tags indicate?
For the game's server browser, test publishes these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp5 (Max players): It holds 5 players; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the standard team limit of 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634—only players on that version can get in; cs167781 (Build): Build number: 167781; ptrak (Networking): Standard RakNet networking is in use here; $r? (Region code): There's no region code here; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered from the base game—no custom rates, kits or rules. The tags carry its players now, its queue and the time its world was made as well, and the top of this page displays them.
Which Rust Zerg Life filters and lists cover test?
These Rust Zerg Life lists include test: Rust community servers for clans and Vanilla servers for clans and zergs. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
About the server
What is the uptime and reliability of test?
test is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 17 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, 159 of 168 hours were online, which is 95%. Its first appearance in Rust Zerg Life records is 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is test on?
On Linux, test runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, which Steam updates automatically.
What location does test use?
There is no region published by test. The location shown by Rust Zerg Life is what a server says; it does not check where the machine stands. Connect to it at 176.9.18.206:20083.
Wipe schedule
What happens on wipe day on test?
The average peak for its recent wipes was 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
What schedule does test follow for wipes?
So few of test's wipes are recorded that its rhythm cannot be told yet. Come Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe arrives for every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 24 hours ago.
How to join
What is the process to join test?
Join by entering client.connect 176.9.18.206:20083 in the console (press F1 first). Or use Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^v,gmvanilla,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp5
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Difficulty
^v
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.