Staging
Online 168.100.162.12:30015 checked 12m 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
daily · 1 is bestTop 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 14 Oct, 14:28 UTC8h ago | – | – | 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.
Server tags
Can you explain the tags on Staging?
Here are the tags Staging lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game mode; mp0 (Max players): 0 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2635 (Protocol): You need protocol 2635 to join, matching your game version; cs167963 (Build): Game build: 167963; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
Where does Staging appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Staging are: Community Rust servers in stock. It shows 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 24 hours.
Map and rules
What map is in play on Staging?
Staging runs a procedural map of size 3,000 with seed 1234567810, generated by the game. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does Staging enforce, and what settings does it run?
No gather rate is given in the name of Staging. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. This server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. You will find it in the Community section of the server browser, as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server info
Where can you find Staging?
No region is published by Staging. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. You can reach it at 168.100.162.12:30015.
How stable is Staging, and is it currently online?
The shelves show Staging in stock and online right now. The uptime counter points to a restart about 6 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 100% uptime. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.
What is the performance like on Staging?
The 48-hour average for server fps is 60, and the floor was 59. Up to 43,000 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. The highest memory reading was 4,824 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.
What Rust version does Staging run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 167963 on Linux is what powers Staging. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Population
Where does Staging sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days Staging ranks #15,912 on player hours, among the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Is Staging busy at the moment?
You will find 0 players in Staging right now. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
Wipe schedule
How often does Staging wipe?
There are not yet enough recorded wipes from Staging to reveal its rhythm. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 8 hours ago.
How to join
What is the way to join Staging?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 168.100.162.12:30015. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs167963,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp0
ts8
v2635
cs167963
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.