Staging Server
Offline 159.196.83.189:28015 checked 28d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 53% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 04:43 UTC28d ago | 3 | – | running | 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Staging Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #12,590 for player hours, which puts Staging Server in the top 53% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Staging Server?
At this count Staging Server is offline, with its last sighting 28 days 5 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Staging Server mean?
These are the tags Staging Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp5 (Max players): 5 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs166452 (Build): This server runs game build 166452; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. 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 Staging Server?
Staging Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on Staging Server?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 3 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 2 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Staging Server?
Too few wipes are on record for Staging Server to show its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 28 days 7 hours ago.
Map and rules
Which map does Staging Server run?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Staging Server.
What are the rules and settings on Staging Server?
Nothing in Staging Server's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Staging Server run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166452 on Windows for Staging Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Staging Server online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Staging Server was last seen 28 days 5 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 30 September 2026.
Where is Staging Server located?
Nothing published by Staging Server states a region. 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 159.196.83.189:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Staging Server?
Either enter client.connect 159.196.83.189:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.