Staging Dev Server
Offline 104.28.230.248:28015 checked 1d ago
Players now
- Full
- 2%
- In queue
- 0
- Peak, 48 hours
- 1
- Peak, 7 days
- 1
2% full
Rank
top 48%
7-day average
peak 1
Last wipe
no schedule published
Next wipe
no rhythm it keeps
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 48% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 2 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct, 17:06 UTC1d ago | – | – | running | 1 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 05:27 UTC7d ago | 1 | – | 5.5 days | 0 |
| Sun 18 Oct, 21:41 UTC10d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 3.3 days | 1 |
| Tue 13 Oct, 19:19 UTC15d ago | 1 | – | 5.1 days | 0 |
| Mon 5 Oct, 11:06 UTC24d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 8.3 days | 0 |
| Sat 3 Oct, 20:51 UTC25d ago | 1 | – | 1.6 days | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 22:17 UTC30d ago | 0 | – | 4.9 days | 0 |
| Fri 25 Sep, 21:37 UTC33d ago | 0 | – | 3 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- 1 404/ 500
- 2 458/ 475
- 3 971/ 1000
- 4 59/ 100
- 5 987/ 1000
- 6 27/ 250
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer
Is Staging Dev Server online, and how reliable is it?
We last saw Staging Dev Server 45 hours ago. It is offline at the moment. It was online 7% of the last 7 full days, which is 11 of 168 hours. Rust Dashboard logged it for the first time on 19 September 2026.
Which version of Rust does Staging Dev Server run?
On Windows, Staging Dev Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 169353. Joining needs the same protocol on your side, and Steam handles that update.
Where is Staging Dev Server located?
No region tag comes from Staging Dev Server. The location shown at Rust Dashboard is the one the server states; no lookup of the machine's position happens. 104.28.230.248:28015 is where it lives.
Tags
Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include Staging Dev Server?
You'll find Staging Dev Server on these themed lists at Rust Dashboard: Best Rust community servers. 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; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.
What do the server tags on Staging Dev Server mean?
The browser in the game reads gmrust (Game mode): The game runs on standard Rust survival settings; mp50 (Max players): 50 is the slot count; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must run protocol 2635; cs169353 (Build): The game build is 169353; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set from Staging Dev Server as its tags. At the top of this page you'll find the current players, the queue and the world's creation time, which the tags carry too.
Live players
How busy is Staging Dev Server?
At the moment Staging Dev Server is offline; it last showed 45 hours ago. Its seven-day average is 1 players, and it reached 1 at the highest. It was busiest at 18:00 UTC over the last 48 hours, when it averaged 1 players.
How does Staging Dev Server rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put Staging Dev Server at #10,729, in the top 48% of all ranked servers.
Wipe days
What does wipe day look like on Staging Dev Server?
Its recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players. 2 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked. The crowd held above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. When that did not happen, the crowd was below half by day 1.
What is the wipe schedule on Staging Dev Server?
There is no next wipe to predict: Staging Dev Server wipes at irregular times. A force wipe comes once a month for all Rust servers, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it runs now dates from 47 hours ago.
Rules
What are the rules and settings on Staging Dev Server?
You will not find a gather rate in the name of Staging Dev Server. 8 players per group is the game's default, and that is the cap here. It runs survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. You can fight other players and raid their bases. It appears in the Community section of the server browser. The anti-cheat from Valve, VAC, is active.
How to join
How do I join Staging Dev Server?
Type client.connect 104.28.230.248:28015 in the Rust console, which F1 opens. Launch Rust on this page also works: Steam opens Rust and connects you.