Staging Dev Server
Offline 104.28.230.248:28015 checked 1d 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 34% 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, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct, 17:06 UTC1d ago | – | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 05:27 UTC7d ago | 1 | – | 5.5 days | 0 |
| Sun 18 Oct, 21:41 UTC10d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 3.3 days | 1 |
| Tue 13 Oct, 19:19 UTC15d ago | 1 | – | 5.1 days | 0 |
| Mon 5 Oct, 11:06 UTC23d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 8.3 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 20:51 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | 1.6 days | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 22:17 UTC30d ago | 0 | – | 4.9 days | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 21:37 UTC33d ago | 0 | – | 3 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Staging Dev Server?
You'll find Staging Dev Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
What do the server tags on Staging Dev Server mean?
For the server browser, Staging Dev Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs169353 (Build): It's on game build 169353; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Staging Dev Server rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Staging Dev Server at #7,663, within the top 34% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Staging Dev Server right now?
The last sighting of Staging Dev Server was 36 hours ago, and it is offline now. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. Look at 18:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.
Server details
Is Staging Dev Server online, and how reliable is it?
The server Staging Dev Server is not online now; 36 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 7% of the time over the last 7 full days, 11 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 19 September 2026.
Where is Staging Dev Server located?
No region is published by Staging Dev Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 104.28.230.248:28015.
Which Rust version is Staging Dev Server on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 169353 is the version Staging Dev Server runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Staging Dev Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 2 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on Staging Dev Server?
No next wipe can be predicted for Staging Dev Server: its wipes happen at irregular times. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 38 hours.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Staging Dev Server?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Staging Dev Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join Staging Dev Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 104.28.230.248:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.