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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,344habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Nuclear 3x

Online 72.73.28.150:28000 checked 11m ago

3x weekly wipes vanillamoddedcarbon

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,344
top 69%
Last wipe
2d ago
weekly schedule
Next wipe
2h
Thu 29 Oct, 17:52 UTC
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123416:0001:0010:0019:0004:0013:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608016:0001:0010:0019:0004:0013:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 17:52 UTC, in 2h. Every Monday at 17:53 and every Thursday at 17:52 UTC · high confidence

3.5 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

2h
Thu 29 Oct, 17:52 UTC
4d 2h
Mon 2 Nov, 17:53 UTC
7d 3h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
11d 2h
Mon 9 Nov, 17:53 UTC
14d 2h
Thu 12 Nov, 17:52 UTC
18d 2h
Mon 16 Nov, 17:53 UTC
21d 2h
Thu 19 Nov, 17:52 UTC
25d 2h
Mon 23 Nov, 17:53 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 26 OctThu 22 OctMon 19 Oct
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 26 Oct, 17:53 UTC2d ago 0 – running 0
Thu 22 Oct, 17:52 UTC6d ago 0 – 4 days 0
Mon 19 Oct, 17:53 UTC9d ago 0 – 3 days 0
Thu 15 Oct, 17:54 UTC13d ago 0 – 4 days 0
Mon 12 Oct, 17:54 UTC16d ago 0 – 3 days 0
Thu 8 Oct, 17:53 UTC20d ago 0 – 4 days 0
Mon 5 Oct, 17:53 UTC23d ago 0 – 3 days 0
Thu 1 Oct, 17:57 UTC FW27d ago 1 halved by day 1 4 days 0
Mon 28 Sep, 17:53 UTC30d ago 0 – 3 days 0
Thu 24 Sep, 17:53 UTC34d ago 0 – 4 days 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 Nuclear 3x rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Nuclear 3x at #15,344, within the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Nuclear 3x?

Nuclear 3x holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on Nuclear 3x mean?

These are the tags Nuclear 3x publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^w (Weekly): A weekly wipe takes place; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. 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.

Who runs Nuclear 3x?

3 other servers we track publish the same nucleargaming.io hostname as Nuclear 3x, so the same operator most likely runs the group.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Nuclear 3x?

These Rust Population lists include Nuclear 3x: 3x Rust servers, counted live and Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days; Gather rate: 3x.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Nuclear 3x?

Averaged over recent wipes, 0 players were counted at the busiest point. 0 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Nuclear 3x?

The wipe rhythm for Nuclear 3x is every Monday at 17:53 and every Thursday at 17:52 UTC. On Thursday 29 October at 17:52 UTC its next wipe is due. Counted from 2 days 21 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. Its tags carry a wipe schedule of one wipe a week.

Map and rules

Which map does Nuclear 3x run?

A procedural map of size 3,500 from seed 1337, generated by the game, is in use on Nuclear 3x. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. The name on the map is Nuclear Map Generation.

What are the rules and settings on Nuclear 3x?

The name says it: gathering is multiplied 3x on Nuclear 3x. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: the standard game. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. By its own description it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Nuclear 3x run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Nuclear 3x uses. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Nuclear 3x run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 45 server fps, with 35 as the lowest. Up to 71,096 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,514 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Nuclear 3x online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Nuclear 3x is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 2 days 19 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Nuclear 3x located?

A region is not published by Nuclear 3x. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 72.73.28.150:28000 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Nuclear 3x?

Either enter client.connect 72.73.28.150:28000 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. For more, visit its website: https://nucleargaming.io.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^w,^v,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode Survival in vanilla form.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 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 Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly A weekly wipe takes place.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Facepunch's game, unaltered: no kits, no rate changes, no extra rules.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^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.