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Specimen recordcat. no. 7,832habitat unknownfirst seen 25 Oct 2026

nkgames

Offline 179.214.126.78:28015 checked 4d ago

monthly wipes moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
1/ 100
= 1 player
1% full
7-day average
1
peak 1
Rank
#7,832
top 35%
Last wipe
4d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
6d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
12.5k5k7.5k10k25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct30 Oct

Top 35% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 13h. The force wipe

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does nkgames rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place nkgames at #7,832, within the top 35% of all ranked servers.

How busy is nkgames?

At this count nkgames is offline, with its last sighting 4 days 2 hours ago. Averaged over seven days, it drew 1 players and reached a peak of 1.

Tags

What do the server tags on nkgames mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags nkgames publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; 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): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server. 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 nkgames?

nkgames appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on nkgames?

Estimated from the force wipe, that is nkgames's next wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 4 days 12 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Map and rules

Which map does nkgames run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on nkgames.

What are the rules and settings on nkgames?

No gather rate appears in the name of nkgames. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Carbon running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does nkgames run?

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

Is nkgames online, and how reliable is it?

Currently offline, nkgames was last seen 4 days 2 hours ago. Over the last 4 full days, 3 of 96 hours were online, or 3%. On 25 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is nkgames located?

No region is published by nkgames. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. Connect at 179.214.126.78:28015.

Getting in

How do I join nkgames?

Either enter client.connect 179.214.126.78:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp100
Max players The server has 100 slots.
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 The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework Carbon runs on this server.

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.