The Crows Nest
Offline 58.8.181.240:28015 checked 12d 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 59% 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.
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
15 OCT 2026Thu 15 Oct, 13:04 UTC12d ago |
1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Rules and settings
On The Crows Nest, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name The Crows Nest. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Combat and raiding between players are possible. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Carbon plugins are run on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Tags and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry The Crows Nest?
The Rust Server Index lists that include The Crows Nest are Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Which tags are attached to The Crows Nest, and what do they stand for?
Filed under these tags, as published by The Crows Nest and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp5 (Max players): Player cap: 5; ts8 (Group limit): Game default applies: teams of up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; older or newer clients cannot join; cs167781 (Build): The game build here is 167781; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^z (Modded): Plugins or changed settings put this under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe dates
What happens on wipe day at The Crows Nest?
Its recent wipes averaged 1 players at peak. The latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.
How often is The Crows Nest wiped, and on what schedule?
The Crows Nest's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it runs now was made 12 days 15 hours.
Players and ranking
What position does The Crows Nest hold among Rust servers?
Filed under rankings: #12,842 for The Crows Nest on seven-day player hours, top 59% overall.
What does the player count on The Crows Nest look like?
The last check found The Crows Nest offline, last seen 12 days 11 hours ago.
Server details
What version does The Crows Nest use?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, on Windows, is what The Crows Nest runs. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is The Crows Nest, and is it online now?
As of now The Crows Nest is offline, with its last appearance 12 days 11 hours ago. Of the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours were up, 0% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 9 October 2026.
Which region is The Crows Nest in?
The Crows Nest gives no region at all. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 58.8.181.240:28015.
How to join
What is the way onto The Crows Nest?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 58.8.181.240:28015 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 mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp5
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.