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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,460habitat unknownfirst seen 21 Sep 2026

Nexus Gaming | Rust

Offline 5.253.246.52:28015 checked 35d ago

moddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 25
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,460
top 67%
Last wipe
37d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
no wipe seen yet
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
15k10k15k20k21 Sep23 Sep24 Sep26 Sep27 Sep29 Sep

Top 67% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

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
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 Nexus Gaming | Rust rank against other Rust servers?

By player hours over the last seven days, Nexus Gaming | Rust places at #15,460, within the top 67% of ranked servers.

How busy is Nexus Gaming | Rust?

At this count Nexus Gaming | Rust is offline, with its last sighting 35 days 21 hours ago.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Nexus Gaming | Rust mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Nexus Gaming | Rust is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp25 (Max players): 25 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2633 (Protocol): The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect; cs164530 (Build): Game build: 164530; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. 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 Nexus Gaming | Rust?

Nexus Gaming | Rust appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: 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 schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Nexus Gaming | Rust?

Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of Nexus Gaming | Rust'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. 37 days 6 hours ago the current world was made.

Settings

Which map does Nexus Gaming | Rust run?

A procedural map, generated by the game, is in use on Nexus Gaming | Rust.

What are the rules and settings on Nexus Gaming | Rust?

No gather rate appears in the name of Nexus Gaming | Rust. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. You get survival here, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Nexus Gaming | Rust run?

On Windows, Nexus Gaming | Rust runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 164530. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Is Nexus Gaming | Rust online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Nexus Gaming | Rust 35 days 21 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 21 September 2026.

Where is Nexus Gaming | Rust located?

Nothing published by Nexus Gaming | Rust states a region. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 5.253.246.52:28015.

How to join

How do I join Nexus Gaming | Rust?

Either enter client.connect 5.253.246.52:28015 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 mp25,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs164530,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival in the standard Rust style.
mp25
Max players 25 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2633
Protocol The protocol is 2633; a different version will not connect.
cs164530
Build Game build: 164530.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.
^y
Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.

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.