staging
Offline 65.109.156.177:28095 checked 16h 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 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. 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, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 Oct, 02:56 UTC16h ago | – | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 28 Oct, 19:41 UTC23h ago | – | – | – | 0 |
| Tue 27 Oct, 16:39 UTC2d ago | 1 | – | 1.1 days | 1 |
| Wed 14 Oct, 14:12 UTC15d ago | 1 | – | 13.1 days | 1 |
| Tue 13 Oct, 06:29 UTC16d ago | 1 | – | 1.3 days | 1 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 17:24 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | 8.5 days | 0 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 01:16 UTC25d ago | 2 | – | 0.7 days | 0 |
| Wed 30 Sep, 02:30 UTC29d ago | 0 | – | 3.9 days | 0 |
| Fri 18 Sep, 20:54 UTC40d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 11.2 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?
You'll find staging on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.
What do the server tags on staging mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from staging: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp0 (Max players): There are 0 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. 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 rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place staging at #12,614, in the top 57% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on staging right now?
The last sighting of staging was 16 hours ago, and it is offline now. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players.
About the server
Is staging online, and how reliable is it?
The server staging is not online now; 16 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 5% of the time over the last 7 full days, 9 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Where is staging located?
No region is published by staging. 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 65.109.156.177:28095.
Which Rust version is staging on?
On Linux, staging runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on staging when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on staging?
No next wipe can be predicted for staging: its wipes happen at irregular times. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 16 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does staging run?
staging uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on staging?
The name of staging says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins are running on it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join staging?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 65.109.156.177:28095. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.