staging
Offline 65.109.156.177:28095 checked 15h 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 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Oct, 02:56 UTC15h ago | – | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 28 Oct, 19:41 UTC22h ago | – | – | – | 0 |
| Tue 27 Oct, 16:39 UTC2d ago | 1 | – | 1.1 days | 1 |
| Wed 14 Oct, 14:12 UTC15d ago | 1 | – | 13.1 days | 1 |
| Tue 13 Oct, 06:29 UTC16d ago | 1 | – | 1.3 days | 1 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 17:24 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | 8.5 days | 0 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 01:16 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | 0.7 days | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 02:30 UTC29d ago | 0 | – | 3.9 days | 0 |
| Fri 18 Sep, 20:54 UTC40d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 11.2 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.
Quick answers
Population
How does staging rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, staging places at #12,636, within the top 57% of ranked servers.
How busy is staging?
At this count staging is offline, with its last sighting 15 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on staging mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags staging publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): The game mode is vanilla survival; mp0 (Max players): You can join up to 0 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; 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): The region code is left blank; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. 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?
staging appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
Wipe schedule
What does wipe day look like on staging?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on staging?
No next wipe can be predicted for staging, which wipes at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 15 hours ago the current world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does staging run?
The map on staging is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on staging?
Nothing in staging's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are in use here. By its own description it is vanilla: no kits, no rate changes, no rules added: the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
Server details
Which version of Rust does staging run?
On Linux, staging runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is staging online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw staging 15 hours ago, and it is offline now. Over the last 7 full days, 9 of 168 hours were online, or 5%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is staging located?
No region is published by staging. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 65.109.156.177:28095.
Getting in
How do I join staging?
Either enter client.connect 65.109.156.177:28095 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.