Offline NA 205.209.103.26:28540 checked 25d ago
[STAGING] Test
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 200 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 70% of all ranked servers, top 85% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 7d 12h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 12hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 3 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 23:13 UTC30d ago | 4 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 04:19 UTC34d ago | 0 | – | 3.8 days | 0 |
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Operator and location
Is [STAGING] Test online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment, [STAGING] Test was last seen 25 days 10 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours were up over the last 7 full days, 0% of the time. On 16 September 2026, Rust Player Stats saw it for the first time.
Which Rust version is [STAGING] Test on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166266 on Windows: that is the setup at [STAGING] Test. Same protocol or no entry: your game must match, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Where is [STAGING] Test located?
Its NA tag places [STAGING] Test in North America. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. You will find it at 205.209.103.26:28540.
Tags
What do the server tags on [STAGING] Test mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags from [STAGING] Test: gmrust (Game mode): The standard Rust survival rules apply here; mp200 (Max players): It holds 200 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to get in; cs166266 (Build): Build number: 166266; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, timed to Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include [STAGING] Test?
These Rust Player Stats lists take [STAGING] Test: Modded Rust servers, live and North America Rust servers. Under the server list's filters it appears in: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server rules
Which map is running on [STAGING] Test?
[STAGING] Test runs a game-generated procedural map: size 3,500, seed 1337. The map repeats with that size and seed, and you can view it on RustMaps from here. Read the map name off the board: https://discord.gg/GUE8WPTE2Z.
What are the rules and settings on [STAGING] Test?
The name of [STAGING] Test does not say what the gather rate is. Up to 8 players to a group, which is the default. It plays as survival, build, gather and raid in the standard game. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins in use: Carbon. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Population
How full is [STAGING] Test right now?
Down at the moment, [STAGING] Test was last seen 25 days 10 hours ago.
Where does [STAGING] Test sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days [STAGING] Test has logged enough player hours for #15,998, which puts it in the top 70% of ranked servers and at #1,568 in North America.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on [STAGING] Test?
With the force wipe, [STAGING] Test wipes once a month. When every Rust server wipes, on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, its next wipe is the force wipe. 30 days 7 hours ago, its current world was made. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
What does wipe day look like on [STAGING] Test?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. The crowd reached its peak 3 hours after the latest wipe.
How to join
How do I join [STAGING] Test?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 205.209.103.26:28540. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. You will find the website at https://Ember-Rust.com/.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,NA,gmrust,cs166266,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp200
ts8
v2634
cs166266
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
NA
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.