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
45.38.15.136:28015
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
Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 45.38.15.136:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 500
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 10 Sep 2026, 19:21 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.
Server rules
What settings does Staging use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Staging. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Staging?
A procedural map is in use on Staging, made by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Staging?
The game's server browser reads the tags Staging publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): Room for 500; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2633 to get in; cs164566 (Build): Running build 164566; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
What Boongarust lists feature Staging?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Staging: The busiest community servers in Rust. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
Where can you find Staging?
From Staging, there is no region. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 45.38.15.136:28015.
What's the uptime like on Staging?
Last seen 20 days 16 hours ago, Staging is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. 16 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does Staging have?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164566 on Windows: that is Staging. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
How often does Staging wipe?
The record holds too few of Staging's wipes to tell its rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 27 days 4 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
What's Staging's rank among Rust servers?
In the top – of all ranked servers, Staging is #15,485 on player hours over the last seven days.
What's the player count on Staging?
Staging last showed life 20 days 16 hours ago; it is offline now.
Join the server
How do you connect to Staging?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 45.38.15.136:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164566,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.