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RustyNails

Online 169.150.132.156:10000 checked 7m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average1peak 5
Rank#3,810top 17%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe3d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe6d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0246808:0017:0003:0012:0021:0006:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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 27 Oct. 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
12k4k6k8k27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct30 Oct

Top 17% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 11h. The force wipe

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include RustyNails?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include RustyNails: Community servers, by the numbers and Vanilla Rust servers, live. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Vanilla, Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Vanilla ^v; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.

What do the server tags on RustyNails mean?

These are the tags RustyNails publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp40 (Max players): Slots: 40; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does RustyNails rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place RustyNails at #3,810, in the top 17% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on RustyNails right now?

The current tally at RustyNails: 0 players across 40 slots. Peak for the week was 5, against an average of 1 players. Look at 22:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 5 players on average.

Server details

Is RustyNails online, and how reliable is it?

RustyNails is live at the moment. About 2 days 6 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. The last 3 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 71 out of 72 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 26 October 2026.

Does RustyNails run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 113, with 74 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 49,809 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 2,265 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is RustyNails located?

No region is published by RustyNails. 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 169.150.132.156:10000.

Which Rust version is RustyNails on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version RustyNails runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

The wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on RustyNails?

The estimate for the next wipe on RustyNails rests on the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 3 days 8 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

The rules

Which map does RustyNails run?

The procedural map on RustyNails measures 3,000 and comes from the game with seed 1. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on RustyNails?

The name of RustyNails says nothing about gather rate. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Community is its listing in the server browser. The server's own word for it is vanilla: nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join RustyNails?

Enter client.connect 169.150.132.156:10000 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^v,gmrust,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp40
Max players Slots: 40.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Nothing is altered here: no changed rates, kits or rules, just the game as Facepunch ships it.

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.