The Nexus
Online 79.117.123.136:28015 checked 14m 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 8 Oct. 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
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 19:16 UTC10d 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Nexus?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include The Nexus: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on The Nexus mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Nexus: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework called Carbon is running here. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Nexus rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank The Nexus at #15,323, within the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Nexus right now?
0 players are on The Nexus at the moment, out of 50 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.
About the server
Is The Nexus online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, The Nexus is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 days 23 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 8 October 2026.
Does The Nexus run smoothly?
Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 39, and it never went below 17. Entities reached a maximum of 121,653: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,114 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is The Nexus located?
No region is published by The Nexus. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 79.117.123.136:28015.
Which Rust version is The Nexus on?
On Linux, The Nexus runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
The wipe schedule
What happens on The Nexus when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 1 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on The Nexus?
Too few wipes are on record for The Nexus to reveal its rhythm. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 10 days 15 hours.
The rules
Which map does The Nexus run?
The procedural map on The Nexus measures 4,500 and comes from the game with seed 1591971938. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on The Nexus?
The name of The Nexus says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. Carbon plugins power it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
Join up
How do I join The Nexus?
Enter client.connect 79.117.123.136:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.