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The Nut Shack

Online 173.49.214.91:28015 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 100 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,349top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe7d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
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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 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 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

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

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 17hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 44 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 21:09 UTC FW27d ago 2 – 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 interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Nut Shack?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The Nut Shack: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on The Nut Shack mean?

For the server browser, The Nut Shack lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

The players

How does The Nut Shack rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place The Nut Shack at #15,349, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on The Nut Shack right now?

The current tally at The Nut Shack: 0 players across 100 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

Server details

Is The Nut Shack online, and how reliable is it?

The Nut Shack is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 6 days 9 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 99%, with 167 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does The Nut Shack run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 30, with 30 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 71,555 entities, including buildings and deployables. The highest memory usage was 2,977 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is The Nut Shack located?

No region is published by The Nut Shack. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 173.49.214.91:28015.

Which Rust version is The Nut Shack on?

On Linux, The Nut Shack runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

What happens on The Nut Shack when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 2 players at their busiest. 44 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on The Nut Shack?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for The Nut Shack, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 4 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does The Nut Shack run?

The procedural map on The Nut Shack measures 3,500 and comes from the game with seed 1641485118. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map.

What are the rules and settings on The Nut Shack?

No gather rate appears in the name of The Nut Shack. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. Community is its listing in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

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How do I join The Nut Shack?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 173.49.214.91:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://b0nr.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp100
Max players Slots: 100.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634.
cs167781
Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

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.