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NuclearPremium - Vanilla

Online NA 72.73.28.150:28015 checked 7m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 40 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#10,525top 47% · #1307 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe13d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75122:0007:0016:0000:0009:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608022:0007:0016:0000:0009:0019:00

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 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 47% of all ranked servers, top 70% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence

28 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 1

Coming wipes

7d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
14d 20hThu 12 Nov, 17:53 UTC
35d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
42d 20hThu 10 Dec, 17:53 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctThu 17 Sep
00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 46 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 15 Oct, 17:53 UTC13d ago 1 – running 0
Thu 1 Oct, 17:55 UTC FW27d ago 3 halved by day 1 14 days 0
Thu 17 Sep, 17:53 UTC41d ago 0 – 14 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.

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The interview

Quick answers

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Tags

Who runs NuclearPremium - Vanilla?

A nucleargaming.io hostname is published by NuclearPremium - Vanilla and by 3 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include NuclearPremium - Vanilla?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include NuclearPremium - Vanilla: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

What do the server tags on NuclearPremium - Vanilla mean?

These are the tags NuclearPremium - Vanilla publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp40 (Max players): It has 40 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for plugins; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

Population

How does NuclearPremium - Vanilla rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, NuclearPremium - Vanilla sits at #10,525, inside the top 47% of ranked servers and at #1,307 in North America.

How many players are on NuclearPremium - Vanilla right now?

The current tally at NuclearPremium - Vanilla: 0 players across 40 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 20:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

About the server

Is NuclearPremium - Vanilla online, and how reliable is it?

NuclearPremium - Vanilla is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 2 days 18 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does NuclearPremium - Vanilla run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 45, and it never went below 45. Entities reached a maximum of 73,643: buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,121 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is NuclearPremium - Vanilla located?

NuclearPremium - Vanilla uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. 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 72.73.28.150:28015.

Which Rust version is NuclearPremium - Vanilla on?

On Linux, NuclearPremium - Vanilla runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on NuclearPremium - Vanilla when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. 46 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 1.

What is the wipe schedule on NuclearPremium - Vanilla?

Wipes on NuclearPremium - Vanilla follow a every 4 weeks on Thursday at 17:53 UTC pattern. 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 13 days 3 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

Map and rules

Which map does NuclearPremium - Vanilla run?

Generated by the game with seed 1337, the map on NuclearPremium - Vanilla is procedural and 3,500 in size. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. Nuke Map Generation is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on NuclearPremium - Vanilla?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on NuclearPremium - Vanilla. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Carbon. Vanilla is what it calls itself: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

How to join

How do I join NuclearPremium - Vanilla?

Enter client.connect 72.73.28.150:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://nuclearrust.net.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,^v,NA,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts8

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode The mode is vanilla survival.
mp40
Max players It has 40 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.
^y
Carbon This server uses Carbon for plugins.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.