A1156/ 200 players
Official#5,673
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red
Online 51.81.166.171:28016 checked 7m ago
players now0of 500 slots
7-day average0peak 3
rank#5,673top 25%
last wipe · restocked15d agomonthly schedule
next wipe · restock22d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
AveragePeak
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
AveragePeakWipe
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
Average fpsLowest fpsWipe
Most entitiesWipe
Most memory, MBWipe
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 bestRankRank in region
Top 25% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 6h. The force wipe · high confidence
1wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 10 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 29 Sep, 08:18 UTC15d 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.
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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Can you explain the tags on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, the standard way; mp500 (Max players): 500 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs166146 (Build): Build 166146; ptrak (Networking): This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, tied to the Facepunch force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): Rust as Facepunch ships it: rates, kits and rules untouched; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available for newcomers; sc2 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin added this one; it isn't standard Rust; ^x (Unknown flag): Facepunch leaves this flag undocumented is what [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.
Who is behind [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
The playrust.com hostname [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red uses is also published by 124 other servers we track, pointing to a single operator.
Where does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red are: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers in stock, North America Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers, in stock. It shows under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Vanilla ^v and Tutorial on ^t; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Boxes: Official only.
Rules & map
What map is in play on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
A procedural map, size 2,500 with seed 4575464, generated by the game, is what [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red runs. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
What rules does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red enforce, and what settings does it run?
There is no gather rate in the name [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. You play survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Rust's Official tab in-game lists it. It is vanilla by its own description: rust as Facepunch ships it: rates, kits and rules untouched. VAC is on.
About the server
What is the location of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
Without a region tag, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red's name still points to North America. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. The endpoint is 51.81.166.171:28016.
How stable is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red, and is it currently online?
Open for trade right now: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red is online. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 15 days 2 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 168 of 168 hours (100%). The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 13 September 2026.
Is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red lag-free?
The 48-hour average for server fps is 59, and the floor was 57. Up to 33,758 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. At most it drew 4,139 MB of memory. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.
Which Rust build is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166146 on Windows is what powers [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.
Population
How does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red at #5,673, in the top 25% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red right now?
You will find 0 players filling 500 slots in [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red as things stand. It peaked at 3 this week, and the average was 0. The last 48 hours peaked at 22:00 UTC, when it averaged 1 players.
Wipe schedule
How often does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red wipe?
Only the monthly force wipe applies at [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it has now started 15 days 4 hours ago. Its tags state a wipe each month.
What happens on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red on wipe day?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 1 players. On the latest wipe, 10 hours after it began, the crowd peaked.
Getting in
What is the way to join [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
In the Rust console (F1), type client.connect 51.81.166.171:28016. You can also press Launch Rust on this page, which opens Steam and connects.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs166146,sc2,^x,ts8
On Rust Vending Machine
official
Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.
Game
gmrust
Game mode Rust survival, the standard way.
mp500
Max players 500 player slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit.
v2634
Protocol You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version.
cs166146
Build Build 166146.
ptrak
Networking This is the standard RakNet layer the game uses.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.
Wipe schedule
^m
Monthly Monthly wipes, tied to the Facepunch force wipe.
Difficulty
^v
Vanilla Rust as Facepunch ships it: rates, kits and rules untouched.
Gameplay
^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial is available for newcomers.
Other
sc2
Custom tag The owner or a plugin added this one; it isn't standard Rust.
^x
Unknown flag Facepunch leaves this flag undocumented.
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.