Nuclear 3x
Online 72.73.28.150:28000 checked 10m 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, measured since 17 Sep. 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
Next wipe Thursday 29 October, 17:52 UTC, in 18h. Every Monday at 17:53 and every Thursday at 17:52 UTC · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct, 17:53 UTC2d ago | 0 | – | running | 0 |
| Thu 22 Oct, 17:52 UTC6d ago | 0 | – | 4 days | 0 |
| Mon 19 Oct, 17:53 UTC9d ago | 0 | – | 3 days | 0 |
| Thu 15 Oct, 17:54 UTC13d ago | 0 | – | 4 days | 0 |
| Mon 12 Oct, 17:54 UTC16d ago | 0 | – | 3 days | 0 |
| Thu 8 Oct, 17:53 UTC20d ago | 0 | – | 4 days | 0 |
| Mon 5 Oct, 17:53 UTC23d ago | 0 | – | 3 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:57 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 4 days | 0 |
| Mon 28 Sep, 17:53 UTC30d ago | 0 | – | 3 days | 0 |
| Thu 24 Sep, 17:53 UTC34d ago | 0 | – | 4 days | 0 |
| Mon 21 Sep, 17:53 UTC37d ago | 0 | – | 3 days | 0 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 17:56 UTC41d ago | 0 | – | 4 days | 0 |
| Mon 14 Sep, 17:54 UTC44d ago | 0 | – | 3 days | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Who runs Nuclear 3x?
A nucleargaming.io hostname is published by Nuclear 3x and by 3 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Nuclear 3x?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Nuclear 3x: 3x Rust servers, live and Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days; Gather rate: 3x.
What do the server tags on Nuclear 3x mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Nuclear 3x: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^v (Vanilla): Facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Nuclear 3x rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Nuclear 3x at #15,344, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Nuclear 3x right now?
Nuclear 3x is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
About the server
Is Nuclear 3x online, and how reliable is it?
Nuclear 3x is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 2 days 3 hours ago. 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 Nuclear 3x run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 45, with 35 as the lowest. At its peak it held 71,096 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 3,248 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is Nuclear 3x located?
No region is published by Nuclear 3x. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 72.73.28.150:28000.
Which Rust version is Nuclear 3x on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Nuclear 3x runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe days
What happens on Nuclear 3x when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Nuclear 3x?
The wipe rhythm on Nuclear 3x is every Monday at 17:53 and every Thursday at 17:52 UTC. Come Thursday 29 October at 17:52 UTC, the next wipe is expected. The world it is running now dates from 2 days 5 hours. The tags say wipes happen every week.
Map and rules
Which map does Nuclear 3x run?
A procedural map of 3,500 with seed 1337 is what Nuclear 3x runs, made by the game. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. On the map name: Nuclear Map Generation.
What are the rules and settings on Nuclear 3x?
Going by its name, Nuclear 3x runs 3x gather. 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. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Carbon plugins are running on it. The server's own word for it is vanilla: facepunch's game, unchanged: no modified rates, kits or rules. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Nuclear 3x?
Enter client.connect 72.73.28.150:28000 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://nucleargaming.io.