Rust Empires Staging
Offline 158.69.5.16:28019 checked 26d ago
Measurements
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, measured since 29 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Rust Empires Staging rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Rust Empires Staging places at #16,032, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How busy is Rust Empires Staging?
Rust Empires Staging is offline at this count; we last saw it 26 days 4 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Rust Empires Staging mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rust Empires Staging publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs166472 (Build): This server runs game build 166472; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include Rust Empires Staging?
These Rust Population lists include Rust Empires Staging: 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 notes
What is the wipe schedule on Rust Empires Staging?
The record holds too few of Rust Empires Staging's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 28 days 9 hours ago the current world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Rust Empires Staging run?
Rust Empires Staging uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 4,500 with seed 1158910588. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on Rust Empires Staging?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rust Empires Staging states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Rust Empires Staging run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166472 on Windows for Rust Empires Staging. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Rust Empires Staging online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Rust Empires Staging was last seen 26 days 4 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 29 September 2026.
Where is Rust Empires Staging located?
No region is published by Rust Empires Staging. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 158.69.5.16:28019 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Rust Empires Staging?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 158.69.5.16:28019. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.