The Crows Nest
Offline 124.120.116.125:28015 checked 7d ago
Measurements
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
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does The Crows Nest rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,339 for player hours, which puts The Crows Nest in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Crows Nest?
At this count The Crows Nest is offline, with its last sighting 7 days 14 hours ago. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Crows Nest mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Crows Nest publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): The server has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; a different version will not connect; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include The Crows Nest?
On Rust Population, The Crows Nest is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on The Crows Nest?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of The Crows Nest's wipes are on record. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. Counted from 14 days 6 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on The Crows Nest?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Crows Nest. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Crows Nest run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is what The Crows Nest uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is The Crows Nest online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, The Crows Nest was last seen 7 days 14 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 6 of 168 hours were online, or 4%. On 16 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is The Crows Nest located?
No region is published by The Crows Nest. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 124.120.116.125:28015.
Getting in
How do I join The Crows Nest?
Either enter client.connect 124.120.116.125:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.