Staging Server
Offline 217.233.132.176:28025 checked 34d 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 71% 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 25 Sep, 09:48 UTC34d ago | 0 | – | 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
Player counts
How does Staging Server rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #16,255 for player hours, which puts Staging Server in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Staging Server?
We have no live count for Staging Server right now. It was last seen 34 days 8 hours ago.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on Staging Server mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Staging Server is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): 1 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; cs165756 (Build): The game build is 165756; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $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. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Staging Server?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 0 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 0 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Staging Server?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Staging Server's wipes are on record. 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 34 days 8 hours ago.
Settings
Which map does Staging Server run?
The map on Staging Server is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Staging Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Staging Server. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Staging Server run?
On Windows, Staging Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 165756. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Staging Server online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw Staging Server 34 days 8 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were online, or 0%. On 20 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is Staging Server located?
No region is published by Staging Server. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 217.233.132.176:28025.
Getting in
How do I join Staging Server?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 217.233.132.176:28025. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.