[STAGING] Test
Offline NA 205.209.103.26:28540 checked 25d 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 70% of all ranked servers, top 85% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 11h. 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 4, 3 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 23:13 UTC30d ago | 4 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 04:19 UTC34d ago | 0 | – | 3.8 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] Test?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include [STAGING] Test: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on [STAGING] Test mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from [STAGING] Test: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp200 (Max players): It has 200 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs166266 (Build): It's on game build 166266; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. 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 [STAGING] Test rank against other Rust servers?
[STAGING] Test takes #15,998 on seven-day player hours, a top 70% spot overall and #1,568 across North America.
How many players are on [STAGING] Test right now?
The last sighting of [STAGING] Test was 25 days 11 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server details
Is [STAGING] Test online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: [STAGING] Test was last seen 25 days 11 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 16 September 2026.
Where is [STAGING] Test located?
[STAGING] Test uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 205.209.103.26:28540.
Which Rust version is [STAGING] Test on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166266 is the version [STAGING] Test runs on Windows. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe days
What happens on [STAGING] Test when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 3 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on [STAGING] Test?
Wipes on [STAGING] Test come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its current world has been live for 30 days 8 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
The rules
Which map does [STAGING] Test run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 1337 is what [STAGING] Test runs, made by the game. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. https://discord.gg/GUE8WPTE2Z is how the map name reads.
What are the rules and settings on [STAGING] Test?
The name of [STAGING] Test says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join [STAGING] Test?
Enter client.connect 205.209.103.26:28540 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://Ember-Rust.com/.