A Rust Staging Server
Online EU 104.129.132.27:28120 checked 10m ago
Vital stats
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 28% of all ranked servers, top 65% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 23h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 13, 21 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Oct, 01:07 UTC17h ago | – | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 21 Oct, 18:30 UTC8d ago | 13 | – | – | 0 |
| Sat 17 Oct, 07:38 UTC12d ago | 0 | – | 4.5 days | 0 |
| Sat 17 Oct, 00:28 UTC12d ago | 0 | – | 0.3 days | 0 |
| Wed 14 Oct, 23:21 UTC14d ago | 3 | halved by day 1 | 2 days | 0 |
| Mon 5 Oct, 20:08 UTC23d ago | 0 | – | 9.1 days | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 19:57 UTC28d ago | 14 | halved by day 1 | 5 days | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 19:57 UTC35d ago | 6 | halved by day 1 | 7 days | 0 |
| Wed 23 Sep, 10:22 UTC36d ago | 6 | – | 0.4 days | 0 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 21:25 UTC36d ago | 6 | – | 0.5 days | 0 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 01:57 UTC42d ago | 6 | halved by day 1 | 5.8 days | 0 |
| Fri 4 Sep, 09:14 UTC55d ago | – | – | 12.7 days | 0 |
| Thu 3 Sep, 07:12 UTC56d ago | – | – | 1.1 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include A Rust Staging Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include A Rust Staging Server: European Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
What do the server tags on A Rust Staging Server mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from A Rust Staging Server: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts16 (Group limit): Each team is capped at 16; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; EU (Europe): In the server browser it sits under Europe. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does A Rust Staging Server rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, A Rust Staging Server sits at #6,278, inside the top 28% of ranked servers and at #1,903 in Europe.
How many players are on A Rust Staging Server right now?
The current tally at A Rust Staging Server: 1 players across 50 slots. Peak for the week was 10, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 01:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.
About the server
Is A Rust Staging Server online, and how reliable is it?
A Rust Staging Server is live at the moment. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 13 September 2026.
Where is A Rust Staging Server located?
In Europe, A Rust Staging Server lists itself with its EU tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 104.129.132.27:28120.
Which Rust version is A Rust Staging Server on?
On Linux, A Rust Staging Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on A Rust Staging Server when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 4 players. 21 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The crowd fell under half by day 1 whenever it did not hold.
What is the wipe schedule on A Rust Staging Server?
Wipes on A Rust Staging Server come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 17 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on A Rust Staging Server?
The name of A Rust Staging Server says nothing about gather rate. A group holds at most 16 players. It runs pve, no fighting other players. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. Vanilla is what it calls itself: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.
How to join
How do I join A Rust Staging Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.129.132.27:28120. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.