[STAGING] Test
Offline NA 205.209.103.26:28540 checked 25d 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 70% of all ranked servers, top 85% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
- usual gap
- 3.8 daysbetween real wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 2players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- in 7d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 35d 16hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 3 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
28 SEP 2026Mon 28 Sep, 23:13 UTC30d ago |
4 | – | running | 0 |
25 SEP 2026Fri 25 Sep, 04:19 UTC33d ago |
0 | – | 3.8 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.
Map and rules
On [STAGING] Test, which rules and settings apply?
The name of [STAGING] Test does not state a gather rate. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are possible. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Carbon plugins are run on it. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
Which map is in use on [STAGING] Test?
[STAGING] Test runs a procedural map of size 3,500 with seed 1337, generated by the game. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps; the same size and seed give the same map. Filed under map name: https://discord.gg/GUE8WPTE2Z.
Tags
Where does [STAGING] Test appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
These lists on Rust Server Index take [STAGING] Test: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style and North American Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Which tags are attached to [STAGING] Test, and what do they stand for?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: [STAGING] Test gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp200 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 200; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs166266 (Build): It runs build 166266; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, as standard for Rust; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside the Facepunch force wipe; ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The Carbon plugin framework runs here; NA (North America): Server browser region: North America. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipe dates
How does a wipe day run on [STAGING] Test?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 2 players on average. 3 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does [STAGING] Test wipe?
With the force wipe, [STAGING] Test wipes once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now was made 30 days 3 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Players and ranking
Where does [STAGING] Test sit in the rankings?
Filed under rankings: #15,998 for [STAGING] Test on seven-day player hours, #1,568 in North America, top 70% overall.
Is [STAGING] Test quiet or crowded?
At present [STAGING] Test is offline; its last sighting was 25 days 6 hours ago.
Server details
What version does [STAGING] Test use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166266 on Windows is what you will find on [STAGING] Test. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is [STAGING] Test, and is it online now?
As of now [STAGING] Test is offline, with its last appearance 25 days 6 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were up, 0% of the time. On 16 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
What is the location of [STAGING] Test?
[STAGING] Test gives North America as its location and the tag NA. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 205.209.103.26:28540.
Joining the server
How can you connect to [STAGING] Test?
Enter client.connect 205.209.103.26:28540 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. https://Ember-Rust.com/ is where its website lives.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,NA,gmrust,cs166266,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp200
ts8
v2634
cs166266
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
NA
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.