Staging Server
Offline 159.196.83.189:28015 checked 28d 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 53% 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 3, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 04:43 UTC28d ago | 3 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Staging Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Staging Server: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Staging Server mean?
These are the tags Staging Server publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp5 (Max players): Slots: 5; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs166452 (Build): Game build: 166452; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $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 Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Staging Server at #12,590, in the top 53% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Staging Server right now?
The last sighting of Staging Server was 28 days ago, and it is offline now.
Server details
Is Staging Server online, and how reliable is it?
Staging Server shows as offline, last spotted 28 days ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 30 September 2026.
Where is Staging Server located?
There is no region from Staging Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 159.196.83.189:28015.
Which Rust version is Staging Server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166452 is the version Staging Server runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on Staging Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 3 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 2 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Staging Server?
Too few wipes are on record for Staging Server to reveal its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 28 days 2 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does Staging Server run?
Staging Server uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on Staging Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of Staging Server. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join Staging Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 159.196.83.189:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.