[STAGING] Test Server
Offline 63.135.78.85:28015 checked 29d 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 70% 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 1, 5 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 11:18 UTC29d ago | 1 | – | running | 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.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [STAGING] Test Server?
You'll find [STAGING] Test Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: 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 [STAGING] Test Server mean?
For the server browser, [STAGING] Test Server lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 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; cs166065 (Build): It's on game build 166065; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $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.
The players
How does [STAGING] Test Server rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place [STAGING] Test Server at #16,674, in the top 70% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on [STAGING] Test Server right now?
Offline now, [STAGING] Test Server was last spotted 29 days 12 hours ago.
Server details
Is [STAGING] Test Server online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: [STAGING] Test Server was last seen 29 days 12 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 28 September 2026.
Where is [STAGING] Test Server located?
There is no region from [STAGING] Test Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 63.135.78.85:28015.
Which Rust version is [STAGING] Test Server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166065 is the version [STAGING] Test Server runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What happens on [STAGING] Test Server when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 5 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on [STAGING] Test Server?
Too few wipes are on record for [STAGING] Test Server to reveal its rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. 29 days 12 hours is when the present world was made.
The rules
What are the rules and settings on [STAGING] Test Server?
No gather rate appears in the name of [STAGING] Test Server. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Getting in
How do I join [STAGING] Test Server?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 63.135.78.85:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.