The Nexus
Online 79.117.123.136:28015 checked 9m 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, 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.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
18 OCT 2026Sun 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.
Map and rules
What settings and rules does The Nexus run?
You will find no gather rate in the name of The Nexus. 8 players per group is the default limit. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Carbon plugins are run on it. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
Which map is in use on The Nexus?
Size 4,500, seed 1591971938: the game generates the procedural map on The Nexus. You can view the map on RustMaps from this page, as the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags and filters
Which lists and filters on Rust Server Index is The Nexus filed under?
These lists on Rust Server Index take The Nexus: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. It appears under the following filters 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 is meant by the tags on The Nexus?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: The Nexus gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^z (Modded): This one is Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): The Carbon plugin framework runs here. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipe schedule
How does a wipe day run on The Nexus?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 1 players. The latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.
When does The Nexus wipe?
The Nexus'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. 10 days 4 hours is when its current world was made.
Player counts
What position does The Nexus hold among Rust servers?
Filed under rankings: #15,349 for The Nexus on seven-day player hours, top 69% overall.
What does the player count on The Nexus look like?
The live count for The Nexus stands at 0 players, out of 50 slots. Averaged over the last seven days, the count is 0 players.
Operator and status
What version does The Nexus use?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what you will find on The Nexus. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
How reliable is The Nexus, and is it online now?
The server is live at this moment: The Nexus. Its reported uptime gives the last restart as roughly 5 days 12 hours ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 99%, 167 hours out of 168. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 8 October 2026.
What is performance like on The Nexus?
Averaged over the last 48 hours, server fps was 40, with a low of 17. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 121,653 entities. Up to 4,880 MB of memory was in use. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
Which region is The Nexus in?
The Nexus 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. Connection details: 79.117.123.136:28015.
Joining the server
What is the way onto The Nexus?
If you would rather use the console, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 79.117.123.136:28015. You can also choose Launch Rust and join here; that opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2635
cs168909
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.