The Nexus
Offline 80.248.138.37:28015 checked 15d 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 13 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 60% 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.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include The Nexus?
These Rust Pop Watch lists 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.
What do the server tags on The Nexus mean?
For the server browser, The Nexus lists these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167584 (Build): The game build is 167584; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, is what it runs. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does The Nexus rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #13,019 puts The Nexus in the top 60% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on The Nexus right now?
Offline now, The Nexus was last spotted 15 days 1 hours ago.
Server facts
Is The Nexus online, and how reliable is it?
The Nexus shows as offline, last spotted 15 days 1 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 October 2026.
Where is The Nexus located?
No region is published by The Nexus. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 80.248.138.37:28015.
Which Rust version is The Nexus on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584 is the version The Nexus runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on The Nexus?
The Nexus's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. Its current world has been live for 20 days 13 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does The Nexus run?
A procedural map of 4,500 with seed 1337 is what The Nexus runs, made by the game. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What are the rules and settings on The Nexus?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Nexus. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Carbon. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join The Nexus?
Enter client.connect 80.248.138.37:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.