Staging Server
Offline 79.117.156.253:28015 checked 17d 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
daily · 1 is bestTop 67% 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.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
How should you read the tags on Staging Server?
The server browser reads these tags that Staging Server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival, vanilla style; mp1 (Max players): 1 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs165964 (Build): Game build: 165964; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
Where does Staging Server appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include Staging Server: 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.
Settings and rules
What map is in play on Staging Server?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Staging Server runs.
Which settings and rules apply on Staging Server?
No gather rate is given in the name of Staging Server. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. You play survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it in the Community section of the server browser, as a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
About the server
Where can you find Staging Server?
You will find no region published for Staging Server. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. The endpoint is 79.117.156.253:28015.
How stable is Staging Server, and is it currently online?
No stock on Staging Server at the moment, last seen 17 days 1 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 27 September 2026.
Which Rust build is Staging Server running?
The setup: Staging Server on Windows, Rust network protocol 2634 and build 165964. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Player count
How does Staging Server compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
Over the last seven days Staging Server ranks #15,843 on player hours, among the top 67% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Staging Server right now?
Current status for Staging Server: offline, last seen 17 days 1 hours ago.
Wipe info
On what schedule does Staging Server wipe?
Too few wipes of Staging Server are recorded to tell what its rhythm is. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. The world it has now started 17 days 2 hours ago.
Getting in
What is the way to join Staging Server?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 79.117.156.253:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs165964,ts8
Game
gmvanilla
mp1
ts8
v2634
cs165964
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.