Staging Server
Offline 159.196.83.189:28015 checked 28d ago
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 53% 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.
- wipe-day peak
- 3players, last three wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 2 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 04:43 UTC28d ago |
3 | – | 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.
Map and rules
On Staging Server, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name Staging Server. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are possible. Filed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Which map is in use on Staging Server?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Staging Server runs.
Tags and filters
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is Staging Server filed under?
The Rust Server Index lists that include Staging Server are Community Rust servers, indexed. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Which tags are attached to Staging Server, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by Staging Server and read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp5 (Max players): Player cap: 5; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs166452 (Build): It runs build 166452; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe schedule
How does a wipe day run on Staging Server?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 3 players. The latest wipe peaked 2 hours in.
When does Staging Server wipe?
Staging Server's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its present world dates from 28 days 2 hours.
Population
How is Staging Server ranked compared with the rest?
Filed under rankings: #12,590 for Staging Server on seven-day player hours, top 53% overall.
Is Staging Server quiet or crowded?
At present Staging Server is offline; its last sighting was 28 days ago.
Operator and status
What Rust version is Staging Server on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166452, on Windows, is what Staging Server runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is Staging Server reachable, and does it stay up?
Last seen 28 days ago, Staging Server is offline right now. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 30 September 2026.
Which region is Staging Server in?
There is no region on record for Staging Server; it publishes none. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. Connection details: 159.196.83.189:28015.
Connecting
What steps lead onto Staging Server?
Enter client.connect 159.196.83.189:28015 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166452,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp5
ts8
v2634
cs166452
ptrak
$r?
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.