The Crows Nest
Offline 124.120.116.125:28015 checked 7d ago
Vital stats
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 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.
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Crows Nest?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Crows Nest: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Crows Nest mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Crows Nest: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp5 (Max players): It has 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Crows Nest rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place The Crows Nest at #15,339, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Crows Nest right now?
The Crows Nest went quiet 7 days 11 hours ago and is offline at the moment. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
About the server
Is The Crows Nest online, and how reliable is it?
The Crows Nest shows as offline, last spotted 7 days 11 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 6, a 4% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 16 October 2026.
Where is The Crows Nest located?
There is no region from The Crows Nest. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 124.120.116.125:28015.
Which Rust version is The Crows Nest on?
On Windows, The Crows Nest runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on The Crows Nest?
The Crows Nest's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 14 days 3 hours.
Map and rules
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, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid, as standard. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Carbon. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Join up
How do I join The Crows Nest?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 124.120.116.125:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.