The Rainbow Six Siege X Test Servers give keen players a chance to test the latest patch to be deployed to the live client. Thankfully, accessing the Test Servers is easy. If you want to play them on PC, you just need to follow a few simple steps. Crucially, just make sure you own at least the base game on PC.
It’s worth keeping the Rainbow Six Siege X Test Server installed at all times, as Ubisoft will sometimes deploy it with little notice. This will also avoid any release day delays as you’ll have the majority of the content already downloaded.
Thankfully, for those looking to get involved in the Rainbow Six Siege Test Servers, it’s free to take part, provided you own R6 Siege on PC. The Test Servers usually go up around the release of a new Operator and will give players a few weeks to test them out and provide feedback before it is released to everyone.
Just note that Test Servers can be very rough, very buggy, and nothing is saved. This is for folks who love Siege and want to make it the best game possible. Or maybe you just want to try the latest Operator before anyone else, so you can master it.
Again, things in the Test Server are not final, so bear in mind that a lot can change, and feedback is important. Often, an Operator might go live on the test server in a more powerful state so that they can be balanced. This can also have a huge impact on other Operators already in the game.
The Rainbow Six Siege X Test Servers come in three flavours, each of which causes the servers to be up for a period of time:
These numbers can change slightly if the Test Server goes live over a weekend, but normally just by a few days.
It’s worth noting that “The Lab” is often the most experimental of the test server environments, sometimes having features or changes that are very much in the prototype stage, and even ones that never make it to the live servers. This can make them both more fun, but also a little disappointing if you really like the change.
To play on the Siege Test Servers on PC, you’ll need to go through the Ubisoft Connect platform. If you own the game here, head to Ubisoft Connect and under “My Games” you’ll find the Test Servers. If the testing is down, then it will be moved to the “Expired” section of the My Games page.
If the Test Server isn’t in your library, make sure to restart Ubisoft Connect. A common issue is that your library needs a hard restart to force any new games, in this case, the test server, from appearing. If that fails, check your “owned games” filter to make sure that isn’t hiding it.
Not directly, however, Ubisoft has made it possible for those on other platforms, including console and Steam, to take part in the Test Server program. Head to the Test Server request section of the Rainbow Six Siege website and ask for access. You will still need to play on Ubisoft Connect and have a PC, but this gives you access to testing even if you don’t own the game on Ubisoft Connect.
Once access is approved, follow the instructions above and head to your My Games section in the Ubisoft Connect library. Access is granted fairly quickly, but once the Test Servers are announced, expect some level of delay between your request and being approved.
With the release of Operation Tenfold Pursuit, the Test Servers have once again opened for testing, starting on November 17th and will close before December 2nd, when the Operation Tenfold Pursuit is due to release to the public.
If these dates have passed, then look forward to an update in the near future, most likely when the next major content release is due or possibly in a major mid-season patch.
A general rule is, if a new season is announced on social media or at a major esports event, you can be sure that a test server is weeks, if not days, away. In most cases, this can be just a day of turnaround before the servers go live.
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