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RustSentinel Staging

Online 103.170.154.110:28015 checked 14m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,335top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe5h agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 4hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0123417:0002:0010:0020:0004:0013:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 09:18 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
01020304017:0002:0010:0020:0004:0013:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 09:18 UTCWIPE

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 28 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k28 Sep4 Oct10 Oct17 Oct23 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 4h. The force wipe · high confidence

28 days
usual gap
between real wipes
2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

7d 4hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
27d 18hThu 26 Nov, 09:18 UTC
35d 4hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 09:18 UTC5h ago – – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 09:04 UTC28d ago 2 – – 2

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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustSentinel Staging?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include RustSentinel Staging: Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

What do the server tags on RustSentinel Staging mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from RustSentinel Staging: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2636 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2636; cs169641 (Build): The game build is 169641; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does RustSentinel Staging rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank RustSentinel Staging at #15,335, within the top 69% of ranked servers.

How many players are on RustSentinel Staging right now?

The current tally at RustSentinel Staging: 0 players across 50 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

About the server

Is RustSentinel Staging online, and how reliable is it?

RustSentinel Staging is live at the moment. About 15 minutes ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 98% of the time over the last 7 full days, 164 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 28 September 2026.

Does RustSentinel Staging run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 30, and it never went below 21. Entities reached a maximum of 112,000: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 2,487 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is RustSentinel Staging located?

No region is published by RustSentinel Staging. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 103.170.154.110:28015.

Which Rust version is RustSentinel Staging on?

On Linux, RustSentinel Staging runs Rust network protocol 2636 and build 169641. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on RustSentinel Staging when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 0 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. If it did not hold, half the peak was gone by day 1.

What is the wipe schedule on RustSentinel Staging?

Wipes on RustSentinel Staging follow a every 4 weeks on Thursday at 09:18 UTC pattern. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 5 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Rules and settings

Which map does RustSentinel Staging run?

Generated by the game with seed 1781256870, the map on RustSentinel Staging is procedural and 4,300 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.

What are the rules and settings on RustSentinel Staging?

The name of RustSentinel Staging says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server browser. Carbon plugins power it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join RustSentinel Staging?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 103.170.154.110:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://rustsentinel.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2636,^y,^m,^v,gmrust,cs169641,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp50
Max players Slots: 50.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2636
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2636.
cs169641
Build The game build is 169641.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^y
Carbon Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs.

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.