Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
159.196.83.189:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 4335 places on last week. Top 53% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 159.196.83.189:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 5
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 05:49 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 30 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What are Staging Server's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of Staging Server. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on Staging Server?
The map on Staging Server is procedural, created by the game.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Staging Server?
The game's server browser reads the tags Staging Server publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): Vanilla, straight up; mp5 (Max players): 5 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166452 (Build): Running build 166452; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Which Boongarust filters show Staging Server?
The Boongarust lists that take Staging Server are: The busiest community servers in Rust. 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.
Server details
What's the physical location of Staging Server?
No region is published by Staging Server. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 159.196.83.189:28015.
What's the uptime like on Staging Server?
Staging Server is down, with the last sighting 7 days 18 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. It entered Boongarust's records on 30 September 2026.
What Rust version is Staging Server using?
On Windows, Staging Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166452. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
What happens on wipe day at Staging Server?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 3 players. 2 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
Staging Server wipes on what schedule?
With so few of Staging Server's wipes on record, its rhythm is unclear. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. Its world is 7 days 20 hours old.
Population
Where does Staging Server sit in the rankings?
In the top 53% of all ranked servers, Staging Server is #12,590 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is Staging Server busy?
Offline. Staging Server was last seen 7 days 18 hours ago.
Join the server
How do you connect to Staging Server?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 159.196.83.189:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs166452,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.