The Crows Nest
Online 58.8.212.201:28015 checked 13m 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 57% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does The Crows Nest rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Crows Nest at #12,733, within the top 57% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Crows Nest?
The Crows Nest holds 1 players at the moment, out of 5 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 14:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Crows Nest mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Crows Nest publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp5 (Max players): You can join up to 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include The Crows Nest?
On Rust Population, The Crows Nest is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Filter the server list by Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks and it will show up.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on The Crows Nest?
Its rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of The Crows Nest'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. 12 days 13 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
What are the rules and settings on The Crows Nest?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Crows Nest. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The plugins it runs are Carbon. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Crows Nest run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is what The Crows Nest uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Is The Crows Nest online, and how reliable is it?
The Crows Nest is up and running at the moment. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 27 October 2026.
Where is The Crows Nest located?
No region is published by The Crows Nest. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 58.8.212.201:28015.
Getting in
How do I join The Crows Nest?
Either enter client.connect 58.8.212.201:28015 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected.