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
94.30.173.229:28025
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 5460 places on last week. Top 60% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 94.30.173.229:28025
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 30 Sep 2026, 18:54 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.
Server rules
What settings does Staging Server use?
No gather rate appears in the name of Staging Server. 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. Listed under Community in the server browser, it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server 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): Vanilla, straight up; mp1 (Max players): Room for 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166452 (Build): Running build 166452; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $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.
Which Boongarust filters show Staging Server?
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?
No region is published by Staging Server. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 94.30.173.229:28025.
What's the uptime like on Staging Server?
Staging Server is down, with the last sighting 7 days 2 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 3% uptime, with 5 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 30 September 2026.
Which Rust build does Staging Server have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166452 on Windows: that is Staging Server. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
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. 7 days 17 hours ago this server built its current world.
Population
Ranking wise, where does Staging Server place?
Ranked #14,254 on seven-day player hours, Staging Server is in the top 60% overall.
Is Staging Server busy?
Offline. Staging Server was last seen 7 days 2 hours ago. The average over the last seven days was 1 players, with a peak of 1.
Join the server
How can you get into Staging Server?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 94.30.173.229:28025. 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,cs166452,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.