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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,349NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Midwest Staging Server

Online NA 216.245.176.210:28015 checked 12m ago

weekly wipes

Measurements

Players now
0/ 100
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,349
top 69% · #1513 in NA
Last wipe
34d ago
weekly schedule
Next wipe
1d 4h
Fri 30 Oct, 09:07 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123405:0014:0023:0007:0016:0002:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

05010015020005:0014:0023:0007:0016:0002:00

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, top 81% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Friday 30 October, 09:07 UTC, in 1d 4h. Its weekly schedule tag · low confidence

0.8 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

1d 4h
Fri 30 Oct, 09:07 UTC
7d 14h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
8d 4h
Fri 6 Nov, 09:07 UTC
15d 4h
Fri 13 Nov, 09:07 UTC
22d 4h
Fri 20 Nov, 09:07 UTC
29d 4h
Fri 27 Nov, 09:07 UTC
35d 14h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 4h
Fri 4 Dec, 09:07 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 25 SepThu 24 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 10 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 25 Sep, 09:07 UTC33d ago 2 – running 0
Thu 24 Sep, 14:52 UTC34d ago 2 – 0.8 days 0

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 Midwest Staging Server rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days Midwest Staging Server is #15,349, #1,513 in North America, placing it in the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is Midwest Staging Server?

Of its 100 slots, Midwest Staging Server is using 0 right now. Counted over seven days: an average of 0 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on Midwest Staging Server mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags Midwest Staging Server publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts12 (Group limit): You may team with up to 12 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^w (Weekly): Every week the server wipes; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. 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 Midwest Staging Server?

Midwest Staging Server appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Community servers, field-listed and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Weekly ^w; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on Midwest Staging Server?

Averaged over recent wipes, 2 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 10 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Midwest Staging Server?

Its tag sets the prediction: too few of Midwest Staging Server's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. On Friday 30 October at 09:07 UTC its next wipe is due. The world it runs now dates from 34 days 10 hours ago. Its tags carry a wipe schedule of one wipe a week.

Map and rules

Which map does Midwest Staging Server run?

A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 2797472621, generated by the game, is in use on Midwest Staging Server. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Midwest Staging Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Midwest Staging Server. The group limit is 12 players. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Midwest Staging Server run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows for Midwest Staging Server. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Midwest Staging Server run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 96 server fps, with 67 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 146,692, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,498 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Midwest Staging Server online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Midwest Staging Server is online. About 17 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Midwest Staging Server located?

With its NA tag, Midwest Staging Server places itself in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. 216.245.176.210:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Midwest Staging Server?

Either enter client.connect 216.245.176.210:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/RnZSuvqXjW.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts12

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players The server has 100 slots.
ts12
Group limit You may team with up to 12 players.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Every week the server wipes.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is under North America.

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.