[STAGING] Test
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 70%.
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
205.209.103.26:28540
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
![Map of [STAGING] Test](https://files.facepunch.com/rust/map-images/ec637d7d5023726b12b3017c560c714667f02761d57ec6c8fa17a0f7cb70159a/procedural__3500_nh8kmbux6u67dcmfw9kdpa.3500.1790222770176.289_ec637d7d5023726b12b3017c560c7146.jpg)
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 10045 places on last week. Top 70% of all ranked servers, top 84% in NA. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 205.209.103.26:28540
- Region
- NA
- Max players
- 200
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 28 Sep 2026, 23:13 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 16 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 settings does [STAGING] Test use?
The name of [STAGING] Test does not include a gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins running: Carbon. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on [STAGING] Test?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 1337 is in use on [STAGING] Test, made by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page. The map is called https://discord.gg/GUE8WPTE2Z.
Tags
What do [STAGING] Test's tags signify?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp200 (Max players): 200 players fit in; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166266 (Build): Game build is 166266; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): No region code on record; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe brings the monthly reset; ^z (Modded): Modded listing, with plugins or settings altering the game; ^y (Carbon): Plugin framework: Carbon; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America are the tags [STAGING] Test puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Which Boongarust filters show [STAGING] Test?
The Boongarust lists that take [STAGING] Test are: Top modded Rust servers and North America Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server details
What's the physical location of [STAGING] Test?
Its NA tag is how [STAGING] Test lists itself in North America. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 205.209.103.26:28540.
How often is [STAGING] Test online?
Offline now, [STAGING] Test was last seen 4 days 6 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 36%, 60 hours from 168. The first record Boongarust has is 16 September 2026.
What Rust version is [STAGING] Test using?
On Windows, [STAGING] Test runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166266. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
How does [STAGING] Test handle wipe day?
Recent wipes peaked at 2 players on average. 3 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
[STAGING] Test wipes on what schedule?
Once a month: [STAGING] Test wipes at the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is next, and every Rust server wipes with it. 9 days 3 hours ago this server built its current world. Look at its tags: monthly wipe schedule.
Player counts
What's [STAGING] Test's rank among Rust servers?
Seven-day player hours put [STAGING] Test at #16,670, within the top 70% of ranked servers and #1,663 across North America.
Is [STAGING] Test busy?
[STAGING] Test last showed life 4 days 6 hours ago; it is offline now. Averaged 0 players across the last week.
Join the server
How do you connect to [STAGING] Test?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 205.209.103.26:28540. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect. Find it at https://Ember-Rust.com/.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,NA,gmrust,cs166266,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.