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The Nest

Online 208.52.152.46:28013 checked 8m ago

moddedoxide
players now0of 15 slots
7-day average0peak –
rank#15,892top 72%
last wipe · restocked32d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no wipe seen yet

Players

AveragePeak
0123420:0005:0014:0000:0009:0018:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

0246820:0005:0014:0000:0009:0018:00

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 best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct

Top 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
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers 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.

Also on the shelf

Similar servers

The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

On the back of the pack

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Tags & lists

Can you explain the tags on The Nest?

Here are the tags The Nest lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp15 (Max players): 15 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2633; cs163794 (Build): Game build: 163794; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.

On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find The Nest in?

These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Nest: Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Map and rules

What map is in play on The Nest?

A procedural map, size 4,500 with seed 2064062542, generated by the game, is what The Nest runs. From this page you can look at it on RustMaps: the same size and seed give the same map.

What rules does The Nest enforce, and what settings does it run?

There is no gather rate in the name The Nest. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. You will find Oxide plugins running here. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.

Server info

What location is The Nest in?

No region is published by The Nest. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. The endpoint is 208.52.152.46:28013.

What is the uptime like on The Nest?

The shelves show The Nest in stock and online right now. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 30 days 18 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time. It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 13 September 2026.

Is The Nest lag-free?

Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 5 and never dropped below 5. At its peak it held 115,940 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all else in the world. At most it drew 7,368 MB of memory. What players call lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.

Which Rust build is The Nest running?

The setup: The Nest on Linux, Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.

Player count

How does The Nest compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?

Over the last seven days The Nest ranks #15,892 on player hours, among the top 72% of all ranked servers.

Is The Nest busy at the moment?

The Nest is carrying 0 players on 15 slots at the moment. Over the last seven days you would have seen 0 players on average.

Wipe schedule

On what schedule does The Nest wipe?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes from The Nest to reveal its rhythm. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. 32 days 2 hours ago it made the world it is using now.

How to join

What is the way to join The Nest?

Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 208.52.152.46:28013. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Rust survival, the standard way.
mp15
Max players 15 player slots.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2633
Protocol To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2633.
cs163794
Build Game build: 163794.
ptrak
Networking Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
^z
Modded Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays.

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.