Staging Server
Offline 217.233.132.176:28025 checked 34d 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 71% 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 25 Sep, 09:48 UTC34d ago | 0 | – | 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Staging Server?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include Staging Server: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters 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?
For the server browser, Staging Server lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp1 (Max players): It has 1 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs165756 (Build): The game build is 165756; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. 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?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #16,255 puts Staging Server in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Staging Server right now?
Staging Server went quiet 34 days 11 hours ago and is offline at the moment.
About the server
Is Staging Server online, and how reliable is it?
The server Staging Server is not online now; 34 days 11 hours have passed since it was last seen. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 20 September 2026.
Where is Staging Server located?
There is no region from Staging 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 217.233.132.176:28025.
Which Rust version is Staging Server on?
On Windows, Staging Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 165756. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What happens on Staging Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
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. The world it is running now dates from 34 days 11 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Staging Server run?
A procedural map is what Staging Server runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Staging Server?
The name of 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. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It appears under Community in the 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 217.233.132.176:28025. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.