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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,412habitat unknownfirst seen 5 Oct 2026

Nomads

Online 212.22.82.231:28015 checked 9m ago

Measurements

Players now
0/ 4
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,412
top 69%
Last wipe
22d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123408:0017:0002:0012:0021:0006:00

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
15k10k15k20k6 Oct10 Oct15 Oct19 Oct24 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% 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.

3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 42 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Tue 6 Oct, 01:28 UTC22d ago 3 – 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 Nomads rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #15,412 for player hours, which puts Nomads in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Nomads?

The count reads 0 players on Nomads, which has 4 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Nomads mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Nomads is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp4 (Max players): The server has 4 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166652 (Build): Game build: 166652; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Nomads?

These Rust Population lists include Nomads: Community servers, field-listed. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Nomads?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 3 players. 42 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Nomads?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Nomads'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 22 days 3 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.

Settings

Which map does Nomads run?

Nomads uses a map the game generates: procedural.

What are the rules and settings on Nomads?

Nothing in Nomads's name says how gather works. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. The server browser lists it under Community, as a community server. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Nomads run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Linux for Nomads. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Is Nomads online, and how reliable is it?

You will find Nomads online now. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. It was first seen by Rust Population on 5 October 2026.

Where is Nomads located?

No region is published by Nomads. 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 212.22.82.231:28015.

Getting in

How do I join Nomads?

Either enter client.connect 212.22.82.231:28015 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 mp4,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp4
Max players The server has 4 slots.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs166652
Build Game build: 166652.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

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.