test
Offline 176.9.18.206:20083 checked 5h 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 UTC12h ago | – | – | running | 1 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 16:33 UTC11d ago | 0 | – | – | 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.
Lists and tags
Can you explain the tags on test?
Here are the tags test lists, which the game's browser uses: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival, vanilla style; mp5 (Max players): 5 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^v (Vanilla): Untouched rates, kits and rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find test in?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature test are: Community Rust servers in stock and Vanilla Rust servers, in stock. It shows under these filters 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 24 hours.
Settings and rules
What map is in play on test?
Generated by the game, the map on test is procedural.
Which settings and rules apply on test?
There is no gather rate in the name test. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. The server browser puts it under Community: it is a community server. The server says it is vanilla: untouched rates, kits and rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it. VAC is on.
About the server
What location is test in?
You will find no region published for test. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. Find it at this address: 176.9.18.206:20083.
How stable is test, and is it currently online?
No stock on test at the moment, last seen 5 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 168 of 168 hours (100%). It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 13 September 2026.
What version does test use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what powers test. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Live players
How does test compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
Over the last seven days test ranks #7,188 on player hours, among the top 32% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on test right now?
At the moment test is offline, with a last sighting 5 hours ago. It peaked at 2 this week, and the average was 0. The last 48 hours peaked at 15:00 UTC, when it averaged 1 players.
Wipe info
How often does test wipe?
Too few wipes of test are recorded to tell what its rhythm is. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 12 hours ago.
What can you expect on test when wipe day comes?
An average of 0 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 0 hours in.
Getting in
What is the way to join test?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 176.9.18.206:20083. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished 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.