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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,160habitat unknownfirst seen 26 Oct 2026

Nick Rust Server

Offline 160.251.166.218:28015 checked 1h ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 20
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#15,160
top 68%
Last wipe
2d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123413:0014:0011:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040013:0014:0011:00

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 26 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct

Top 68% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 27 Oct, 11:46 UTC2d ago – – running 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Nick Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Nick Rust Server at #15,160, within the top 68% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Nick Rust Server?

We have no live count for Nick Rust Server right now. It was last seen 1 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1.

Tags

What do the server tags on Nick Rust Server mean?

These are the tags Nick Rust Server publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp20 (Max players): 20 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Nick Rust Server?

These Rust Population lists include Nick Rust Server: Community servers, field-listed. Filter the server list by Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 3 days and it will show up.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on Nick Rust Server?

The record holds too few of Nick Rust Server's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. 2 days 1 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does Nick Rust Server run?

Nick Rust Server uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 5,000 with seed 1524450348. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Nick Rust Server?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Nick Rust Server states none. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, the usual game, where you gather, build and raid. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You will find it under Community: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Nick Rust Server run?

On Linux, Nick Rust Server runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does Nick Rust Server run smoothly?

It ran at 228 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 228. Up to 145,762 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,014 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is Nick Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Nick Rust Server 1 hours ago, and it is offline now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 1 hours ago. Over the last 2 full days, 4 of 48 hours were online, or 8%. On 26 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is Nick Rust Server located?

Nothing published by Nick Rust Server states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 160.251.166.218:28015 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Nick Rust Server?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 160.251.166.218:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp20,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp20
Max players 20 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

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.