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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,276habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

blaqs staging ground

Online 104.234.251.164:28015 checked 12m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 30
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,276
top 69%
Last wipe
86d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0003:0012:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020023:0008:0017:0003:0012:0021:00

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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does blaqs staging ground rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, blaqs staging ground places at #15,276, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is blaqs staging ground?

blaqs staging ground holds 0 players at the moment, out of 30 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on blaqs staging ground mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags blaqs staging ground publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp30 (Max players): 30 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2631 (Protocol): The protocol is 2631; a different version will not connect; cs158240 (Build): The game build is 158240; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include blaqs staging ground?

These Rust Population lists include blaqs staging ground: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on blaqs staging ground?

Too few wipes are on record for blaqs staging ground to show its rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. The world it runs now dates from 86 days 6 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does blaqs staging ground run?

The map on blaqs staging ground is procedural, made by the game at size 3,500 from seed 648252. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page.

What are the rules and settings on blaqs staging ground?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: blaqs staging ground states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does blaqs staging ground run?

Rust network protocol 2631 and build 158240 on Windows is what blaqs staging ground uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does blaqs staging ground run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 93 server fps, with 78 as the lowest. Up to 70,337 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,571 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is blaqs staging ground online, and how reliable is it?

blaqs staging ground is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 7 days 5 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is blaqs staging ground located?

No region is published by blaqs staging ground. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 104.234.251.164:28015.

Getting in

How do I join blaqs staging ground?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 104.234.251.164:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,gmrust,cs158240,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp30
Max players 30 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2631
Protocol The protocol is 2631; a different version will not connect.
cs158240
Build The game build is 158240.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.