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nikuServer

Online 162.43.49.233:28015 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,404top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe23d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123423:0008:0017:0003:0012:0021:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040023:0008:0017:0003:0012:0021:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

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

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Sun 4 Oct, 05:31 UTC23d 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.

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The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include nikuServer?

You'll find nikuServer on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on nikuServer mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from nikuServer: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 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; cs166652 (Build): It's on game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

The players

How does nikuServer rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place nikuServer at #15,404, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on nikuServer right now?

nikuServer is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

Server facts

Is nikuServer online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, nikuServer is online. About 15 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does nikuServer run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 196, and it never went below 129. The world carried as many as 56,596 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 2,185 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is nikuServer located?

No region is published by nikuServer. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 162.43.49.233:28015.

Which Rust version is nikuServer on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version nikuServer runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on nikuServer when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on nikuServer?

The record of nikuServer's wipes is still too thin to show its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it is running now dates from 23 days 16 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does nikuServer run?

The procedural map on nikuServer measures 4,096 and comes from the game with seed 1. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page. On the map name: Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on nikuServer?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on nikuServer. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join nikuServer?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 162.43.49.233:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp50
Max players There are 50 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.
cs166652
Build It's on game build 166652.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

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.