The Nexus
Online 79.117.123.136:28015 checked 10m 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 8 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% 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.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 19:16 UTC10d 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 The Nexus rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #15,341 for player hours, which puts The Nexus in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Nexus?
The Nexus holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. We counted 0 players on average across the past week.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Nexus mean?
These are the tags The Nexus publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; 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): 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 The Nexus?
These Rust Population lists include The Nexus: Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on The Nexus?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on The Nexus?
The record holds too few of The Nexus's wipes to show a rhythm. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes round, and every Rust server wipes with it. Counted from 10 days 10 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood.
Map and rules
Which map does The Nexus run?
A procedural map of size 4,500 from seed 1591971938, generated by the game, is in use on The Nexus. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.
What are the rules and settings on The Nexus?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Nexus. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. survival is what it runs, raid, build and gather: 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 The Nexus run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for The Nexus. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does The Nexus run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 40 server fps, with 17 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 121,653, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 5,114 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is The Nexus online, and how reliable is it?
You will find The Nexus online now. About 5 days 18 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 8 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is The Nexus located?
A region is not published by The Nexus. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 79.117.123.136:28015.
How to join
How do I join The Nexus?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 79.117.123.136:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.