Staging
Offline 69.9.131.72:28015 checked 4d 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 41% 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 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 21 Oct, 05:06 UTC7d ago | 1 | – | running | 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
Player counts
How does Staging rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Staging places at #9,021, within the top 41% of ranked servers.
How busy is Staging?
We have no live count for Staging right now. It was last seen 4 days 20 hours ago. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 1.
Tags
What do the server tags on Staging mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Staging publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): The server has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs169057 (Build): This server runs game build 169057; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Staging?
Averaged over recent wipes, 1 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on Staging?
The record holds too few of 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. Counted from 7 days 15 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Settings
Which map does Staging run?
Staging uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Staging?
Nothing in Staging's name says how gather works. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
Server details
Which version of Rust does Staging run?
On Windows, Staging runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 169057. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is Staging online, and how reliable is it?
Currently offline, Staging was last seen 4 days 20 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 24 of 168 hours were online, or 14%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 20 October 2026.
Where is Staging located?
Nothing published by Staging 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 69.9.131.72:28015.
Getting in
How do I join Staging?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 69.9.131.72:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.