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Celebrity profile · EU

Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch

Online EU · eu2 89.190.6.44:28015 checked 13m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 2/ 96 slots 2% full +1+100%against this time yesterday
7-day average2peak 6
Rank#2,492top 11% · #955 in EU
Regioneu2EU · group 8, the default
Last wipe33d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246810:0019:0004:0013:0022:0007:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 11% of all ranked servers, top 33% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

9
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 9, 14 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 25 Sep, 01:17 UTC33d ago 9 – 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Who runs Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch?

A 96.fi hostname is published by Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch. We track no other server using it.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch?

You'll find Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: European Rust servers, live, Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch mean?

These are the tags Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp96 (Max players): Slots: 96; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs169456 (Build): It's on game build 169456; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $reu2 (Region code): Coded to region eu2; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch rank against other Rust servers?

Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch takes #2,492 on seven-day player hours, a top 11% spot overall and #955 across Europe.

How many players are on Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch right now?

Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch is holding 2 players, with 96 slots in total. Peak for the week was 6, against an average of 2 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 13:00 UTC, averaging 4 players.

Server details

Is Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch is up and running. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch located?

With its EU tag, Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch places itself in Europe; its region code is eu2. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 89.190.6.44:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 169456 is the version Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe times

What happens on Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 9 players at their busiest. 14 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch?

Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. 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 33 days 8 hours.

The rules

Which map does Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch run?

The procedural map on Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch measures 4,250 and comes from the game with seed 308670667. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch?

The name of Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser lists it under Community. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Getting in

How do I join Rust.96.fi - Staging Branch?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 89.190.6.44:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://rust.96.fi.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp96,ptrak,$reu2,v2635,^v,EU,gmrust,cs169456,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp96
Max players Slots: 96.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs169456
Build It's on game build 169456.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$reu2
Region code Coded to region eu2.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it.

Region

EU
Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.