Nic Smells
Offline 198.244.225.63:22648 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 72% 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
newest first| 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.
Lists and tags
What is the meaning of the tags on Nic Smells?
gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp3 (Max players): 3 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2633 (Protocol): You need protocol 2633 to join, matching your game version; cs163794 (Build): It runs on build 163794; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays is what Nic Smells tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Tags also carry its current players, its queue and when the world was made, all up top on this page.
Where does Nic Smells appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include Nic Smells: Modded Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Settings and rules
What map is in play on Nic Smells?
The map on Nic Smells is procedural, size 3,000 with seed 1, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What rules does Nic Smells enforce, and what settings does it run?
No gather rate is given in the name of Nic Smells. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. You play survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs number Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched off.
Server details
Where can you find Nic Smells?
You will find no region published for Nic Smells. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. You can reach it at 198.244.225.63:22648.
What is the uptime like on Nic Smells?
No stock on Nic Smells at the moment, last seen 2 days 3 hours ago. 125 of 168 hours online over the last 7 full days, or 74% uptime. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.
What version does Nic Smells use?
On Linux, Nic Smells is running Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Player count
How does Nic Smells compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
Over the last seven days Nic Smells ranks #15,894 on player hours, among the top 72% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Nic Smells right now?
At the moment Nic Smells is offline, with a last sighting 2 days 3 hours ago. Over the last seven days you would have seen 0 players on average.
Wipe details
On what schedule does Nic Smells wipe?
Too few wipes of Nic Smells are recorded to tell what its rhythm is. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the monthly force wipe comes, and every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 33 days 10 hours ago.
Getting in
What is the way to join Nic Smells?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 198.244.225.63:22648. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp3
ts8
v2633
cs163794
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.