Rust Player Count
33,427 playing now

Offline159.196.83.189:28015checked 12d ago

Staging Server

Players now 2/ 5 40% full
7-day average 0 peak –
Rank #12,590 top 53%
Last wipe 12d ago no schedule published
Next wipe – too few wipes seen yet

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k30 Sep2 Oct3 Oct5 Oct6 Oct8 Oct

Top 53% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

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.

Wipe-day peak 3 players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 2 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 04:43 UTC13d 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
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 408 on average 184/ 200
Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 357 on average 100/ 200
Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 338 on average 316/ 350
Rustoria.co - EU LongEU · groups of 14+ · monthly · 334 on average 105/ 200
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 299 on average 18/ 250
Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 282 on average 77/ 300

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Rules and settings

What are the server rules for Staging Server?

No gather rate appears in the name of Staging Server. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. The server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.

What is the map on Staging Server?

A procedural map, generated by the game, runs on Staging Server.

Server tags

Where can Staging Server be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?

The Rust Player Count lists that Staging Server fits are: Best Rust PvE servers. These filters bring it up 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.

How should you interpret the tags on Staging Server?

These are the tags Staging Server publishes for the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Standard vanilla survival; mp5 (Max players): The server has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): Joining requires the same protocol: 2634; cs166452 (Build): The game build is 166452; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the game's default networking; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. You will also find its current players, its queue and its world creation time in the tags, displayed at the top of this page.

Player numbers

What is the player count on Staging Server?

The server Staging Server is offline at present, with its last appearance 12 days 21 hours ago.

How does Staging Server compare in server rankings?

For player hours in the last seven days, Staging Server ranks #12,590 and is in the top 53% of all ranked servers.

Server information

What is the online status and reliability of Staging Server?

Last seen 12 days 21 hours ago, Staging Server is offline right now. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 0 of 168 hours, which is 0% uptime. 30 September 2026 is when Rust Player Count first saw it.

What is the Rust version for Staging Server?

Windows hosts Staging Server, which runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166452. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.

Where can you find Staging Server?

A region is not published by Staging Server. The location shown by Rust Player Count is the one a server provides; it does not verify where the machine actually is. You can reach it at 159.196.83.189:28015.

Wipe days

What happens on Staging Server when a wipe occurs?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 3 players. The latest wipe saw its biggest crowd 2 hours in.

How often does Staging Server wipe?

With so few of Staging Server's wipes on record, its rhythm remains unclear. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC it comes next. It has been running its current world for 12 days 23 hours.

How to join

What steps are needed to join Staging Server?

Joining is done by opening the console (F1) and running client.connect 159.196.83.189:28015. Another way is the Launch Rust option on this page, which uses Steam to start Rust and put you in.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166452,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Standard vanilla survival.
mp5
Max players The server has 5 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams max out at 8, the standard game limit.
v2634
Protocol Joining requires the same protocol: 2634.
cs166452
Build The game build is 166452.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the game's default networking.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

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.