Big Nigel
Offline 195.20.84.1:28015 checked 2d ago
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 26% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Saturday 31 October, 12:43 UTC, in 2d 9h. Every Saturday at 12:43 UTC · medium confidence
- usual gap
- 7 daysbetween real wipes
- on rhythm
- 100%of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 2players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 100%of its cycles kept half the crowd
Coming wipes
- in 2d 9hSat 31 Oct, 12:43 UTC
- in 7d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 9d 9hSat 7 Nov, 12:43 UTC
- in 16d 9hSat 14 Nov, 12:43 UTC
- in 23d 9hSat 21 Nov, 12:43 UTC
- in 30d 9hSat 28 Nov, 12:43 UTC
- in 35d 15hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 37d 9hSat 5 Dec, 12:43 UTC
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
24 OCT 2026Sat 24 Oct, 12:43 UTC4d ago |
1 | – | running | 0 |
10 OCT 2026Sat 10 Oct, 13:23 UTC18d ago |
1 | held half | 14 days | 2 |
3 OCT 2026Sat 3 Oct, 14:24 UTC25d ago |
3 | – | 7 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.
Settings and map
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on Big Nigel?
You will find no gather rate in the name of Big Nigel. 8 players per group is the default limit. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Filed under plugins: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
What is the map on Big Nigel?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what Big Nigel runs.
Tags
Where does Big Nigel appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is Big Nigel: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
What is meant by the tags on Big Nigel?
Filed under these tags, as published by Big Nigel and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp500 (Max players): The queue ceiling sits at 500; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): This one is Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe dates
How does a wipe day run on Big Nigel?
Its recent wipes averaged 2 players at peak. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. The crowd held above half the peak until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
When does Big Nigel wipe?
The wipe rhythm of Big Nigel is every Saturday at 12:43 UTC. On Saturday 31 October at 12:43 UTC the next wipe is due. Its present world dates from 4 days 14 hours.
Player counts
How is Big Nigel ranked compared with the rest?
On player hours over seven days, Big Nigel takes #5,811, within the top 26% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on Big Nigel look like?
The last check found Big Nigel offline, last seen 2 days 22 hours ago. The seven-day average is 1 players; the peak reached 1.
Operator and status
What Rust version is Big Nigel on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909, on Windows, is what Big Nigel runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is Big Nigel, and is it online now?
The server is down at this moment; the last sighting of Big Nigel was 2 days 22 hours ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 17%, 29 hours out of 168. On 13 September 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
Which region is Big Nigel in?
There is no region on record for Big Nigel; it publishes none. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. Connection details: 195.20.84.1:28015.
Connecting
What is the way onto Big Nigel?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 195.20.84.1:28015 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp500
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.