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Exhibit no. 16,008Acc. 2026.16008
Test Server Alpha
Rust server · in the archive since 4 October 2026
Offline 169.0.232.208:28015 checked 21d ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
4 Oct Last seen 4 Oct10:56
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectedlast seen, 6 Oct 2026, 18:15 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Sun 4 Oct 202610:56 UTC23d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 1
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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yet
Not 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 1, 0 hours in.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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
Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags and filters
What do the server tags on Test Server Alpha mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by Test Server Alpha: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla survival is the mode; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots are set on this server; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap of 8 per team applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): This server runs game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and the world's creation time, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include Test Server Alpha?
These Rust Server History lists include Test Server Alpha: Modded Rust servers: the record. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server record
Which version of Rust does Test Server Alpha run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the build Test Server Alpha runs, on Windows. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is Test Server Alpha online, and how reliable is it?
The record shows Test Server Alpha offline at this moment, last seen 21 days 15 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 0 were up: 0% of the time. 4 October 2026 is when Rust Server History first saw it.
Where is Test Server Alpha located?
There is no region published by Test Server Alpha. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 169.0.232.208:28015.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on Test Server Alpha?
An average peak of 1 players was drawn by its recent wipes. At 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Test Server Alpha?
Its rhythm is not yet clear: too few of Test Server Alpha's wipes are on record. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now dates from 23 days 22 hours ago.
Population
How does Test Server Alpha rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last seven days put Test Server Alpha at #16,008: a place in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Test Server Alpha?
Test Server Alpha is offline at present, having last been seen 21 days 15 hours ago.
Rules, map
What are the rules and settings on Test Server Alpha?
The name of Test Server Alpha carries no gather rate. At 8 players, the group limit matches the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players are permitted. Plugins or settings alter the game here, and the browser lists the server under Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does Test Server Alpha run?
The game generates the map on Test Server Alpha, which is procedural.
How to join
How do I join Test Server Alpha?
Enter client.connect 169.0.232.208:28015 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Launch Rust and join on this page also works: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166652,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp100
ts8
v2634
cs166652
ptrak
$r?
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.