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Rust Staging Server

Offline 2.86.29.28:28015 checked 27d ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 5 slots 20% full
7-day average0peak –
Rank#14,176top 60%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe–no wipe seen yet
The rise

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k1 Oct2 Oct4 Oct5 Oct7 Oct8 Oct

Top 60% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

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The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Staging Server?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Rust Staging Server: 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.

What do the server tags on Rust Staging Server mean?

These are the tags Rust Staging Server publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): It has 5 slots; 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; cs166472 (Build): It's on game build 166472; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. 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 Rust Staging Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust Staging Server at #14,176, in the top 60% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust Staging Server right now?

The last sighting of Rust Staging Server was 27 days 7 hours ago, and it is offline now.

Server facts

Is Rust Staging Server online, and how reliable is it?

The server Rust Staging Server is not online now; 27 days 7 hours have passed since it was last seen. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 1 October 2026.

Where is Rust Staging Server located?

No region is published by Rust Staging Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 2.86.29.28:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust Staging Server on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166472 is the version Rust Staging Server runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Staging Server?

Too few wipes are on record for Rust 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. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 11 hours.

The rules

Which map does Rust Staging Server run?

A procedural map is what Rust Staging Server runs, generated by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Staging Server?

The name of Rust Staging Server says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Staging Server?

Enter client.connect 2.86.29.28:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166472,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp5
Max players It has 5 slots.
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.
cs166472
Build It's on game build 166472.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

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.