Staging
Offline 69.9.131.72:28015 checked 4d 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 41% 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, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 21 Oct, 05:06 UTC7d 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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Staging?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Staging: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on Staging mean?
For the server browser, Staging lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): It has 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs169057 (Build): The game build is 169057; 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.
Player counts
How does Staging rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Staging at #9,079, in the top 41% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Staging right now?
The last sighting of Staging was 4 days 11 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?
Staging shows as offline, last spotted 4 days 11 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 14%, with 24 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 20 October 2026.
Where is Staging located?
There is no region from Staging. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 69.9.131.72:28015.
Which Rust version is Staging on?
On Windows, Staging runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 169057. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Staging when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Staging?
The record of Staging's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 7 days 6 hours.
The rules
Which map does Staging run?
The map on Staging is procedural, made by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Staging?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Staging. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, 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.
Join up
How do I join Staging?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 69.9.131.72:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.