Players
[ZA]Madhouse Staging
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, measured since 28 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 21h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
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Quick answers
Server details
Is [ZA]Madhouse Staging online, and how reliable is it?
[ZA]Madhouse Staging is down at the moment, having last been seen 29 days 2 hours ago. Of the past 7 full days it was running for 0 of 168 hours, or 0% of the time. Rust Charts has tracked it since 28 September 2026.
Where is [ZA]Madhouse Staging located?
Without a region tag, [ZA]Madhouse Staging still has a name that points to Africa. Rust Charts shows the location a server claims, not where the machine actually is. You'll find it at 102.39.118.251:28035.
Which version of Rust does [ZA]Madhouse Staging run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166257 on Windows is the version [ZA]Madhouse Staging runs. Your game must match the protocol to get in, and Steam keeps it updated for you.
Population
How busy is [ZA]Madhouse Staging?
[ZA]Madhouse Staging shows as offline now, with its last appearance 29 days 2 hours ago.
How does [ZA]Madhouse Staging rank against other Rust servers?
The top 70% of ranked servers includes [ZA]Madhouse Staging, at #16,757 on player hours for the last week.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on [ZA]Madhouse Staging?
An estimate from the force wipe gives [ZA]Madhouse Staging's next wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe lands, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world it runs now dates from 31 days 9 hours. The tags state a monthly wipe schedule.
Rules and world
What are the rules and settings on [ZA]Madhouse Staging?
You will not find a gather rate in the name [ZA]Madhouse Staging. Up to 8 players per group, as the game sets by default. You play survival, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser shows it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. You will find Carbon plugins running. VAC is on: that is Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map does [ZA]Madhouse Staging run?
The map on [ZA]Madhouse Staging is procedural, size 3,500, seed 3486489, made by the game. Since the same size and seed give the same map, this page links to it on RustMaps.
Tags explained
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include [ZA]Madhouse Staging?
These Rust Charts lists include [ZA]Madhouse Staging: Modded Rust servers. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: Africa; Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on [ZA]Madhouse Staging mean?
gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp20 (Max players): 20 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: join only if your game matches that version; cs166257 (Build): Build 166257 is what runs here; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, the game's default; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): One wipe a month, together with the force wipe; ^z (Modded): This one is modded, so plugins or settings alter play; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run on Carbon here — that's the set of tags [ZA]Madhouse Staging publishes for the server browser. At the top of this page you'll see the tags' extra details: players now, the queue, and the age of the world.
How to join
How do I join [ZA]Madhouse Staging?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and type client.connect 102.39.118.251:28035. Joining on this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. https://discord.com/invite/cDHcf229qe is where its website sits.
