Staging Server
Offline 176.102.222.68:28015 checked 5d 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 55% 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 Staging Server?
You'll find Staging Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Staging Server mean?
For the server browser, Staging Server lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168802 (Build): Game build: 168802; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Staging Server rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #12,207 puts Staging Server in the top 55% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Staging Server right now?
Staging Server went quiet 5 days 8 hours ago and is offline at the moment. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 1 players.
Server details
Is Staging Server online, and how reliable is it?
Staging Server shows as offline, last spotted 5 days 8 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 5 full days, 0 of 120 hours in total. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 23 October 2026.
Where is Staging Server located?
No region is published by Staging Server. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 176.102.222.68:28015.
Which Rust version is Staging Server on?
On Windows, Staging Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168802. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Staging Server?
Too few wipes are on record for Staging Server to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 7 days 11 hours is when the present world was made.
The 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. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It appears under Community in the browser. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Getting in
How do I join Staging Server?
Enter client.connect 176.102.222.68:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.