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
79.117.156.253:28015
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 1124 places on last week. Top 67% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 79.117.156.253:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 27 Sep 2026, 15:14 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 27 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 Server use?
The name of Staging Server does not include a gather rate. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is running.
What's the map on Staging Server?
A procedural map is in use on Staging Server, made by the game.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Staging Server?
These tags come from Staging Server and go straight into the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Unchanged vanilla survival; mp1 (Max players): Room for 1; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs165964 (Build): Running build 165964; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): No region code on record. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
Where does Staging Server appear in Boongarust lists?
The Boongarust lists that take Staging Server are: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server info
What's the location of Staging Server?
From Staging Server, there is no region. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 79.117.156.253:28015.
How often is Staging Server online?
Staging Server is down, with the last sighting 11 days 3 hours ago. 0 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 0% uptime. The first record Boongarust has is 27 September 2026.
What Rust version is Staging Server using?
On Windows, Staging Server runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 165964. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
Staging Server wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of Staging Server's wipes to tell its rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are on was made 11 days 3 hours.
Player counts
Where does Staging Server sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put Staging Server at #15,843, in the top 67% of all ranked servers.
Is Staging Server busy?
Staging Server last showed life 11 days 3 hours ago; it is offline now.
How to join
What's the process to join Staging Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 79.117.156.253:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmvanilla,cs165964,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.