[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue
Offline 51.81.166.171:28018 checked 13d 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 14h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 19 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 23:17 UTC30d ago | 1 | – | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue places at #15,098, within the top 70% of ranked servers.
How busy is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is offline at this count; we last saw it 13 days 13 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue mean?
What the game's server browser reads from [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is this set of tags: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp500 (Max players): You can join up to 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs166100 (Build): This server runs game build 166100; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial gives new players a start here; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags; ^x (Unknown flag): Facepunch does not document this flag. 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.
Who runs [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
124 other servers we track publish the same playrust.com hostname as [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, so the same operator most likely runs the group.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
On Rust Population, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is filed under these lists: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers, counted, North American Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Boxes: Official only.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 1 players. Peak came 19 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Once a month [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue wipes, and that is with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. 30 days 4 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Map and rules
Which map does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue run?
The map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is procedural, made by the game at size 2,500 from seed 5346364. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get survival here, raid, build and gather: the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. Rust's own Official tab carries it. The server describes itself as vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.
About the server
Which version of Rust does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166100 on Windows is what [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue was last seen 13 days 13 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.
Where is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue located?
No region tag comes from [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, but the name points to North America. 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 51.81.166.171:28018.
How to join
How do I join [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 51.81.166.171:28018; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.