A1239/ 275 players
Official#9,363
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue
Online 51.81.166.171:28018 checked 11m ago
players now0of 500 slots
7-day average0peak 1
rank#9,363top 42%
last wipe · restocked15d agomonthly schedule
next wipe · restock22d 11hThu 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 42% 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 11h. The force wipe · high confidence
1wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 11hThu 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, 19 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 23:17 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.
Also on the shelf
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
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On the back of the pack
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags & lists
How should you read the tags on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The server browser reads these tags that [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue publishes: 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): The standard survival game mode; mp500 (Max players): Room for 500; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634; cs166100 (Build): Game build: 166100; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): A monthly wipe, matching Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No altered rates, kits or rules: this is the game Facepunch ships; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is open to new players here; sc2 (Custom tag): Not one of Rust's standard tags: set by the owner or a plugin; ^x (Unknown flag): A flag with no entry in Facepunch's notes. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
Who manages [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
With 124 other servers we track using the same playrust.com hostname, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is most likely run by one operator.
Where does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue 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 - Blue?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue runs a procedural map of size 2,500 with seed 5346364, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue enforce, and what settings does it run?
There is no gather rate in the name [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. You play survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is in the Official tab of Rust's in-game browser. The server says it is vanilla: no altered rates, kits or rules: this is the game Facepunch ships. VAC is on.
Server details
What location is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue in?
The name of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue points to North America, even without a region tag. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. You can reach it at 51.81.166.171:28018.
How reliable is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, and is it online now?
You can grab [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: it is online as we speak. By its own uptime report, the last restart was about 15 days 5 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 168 of 168 hours (100%). Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 September 2026.
Is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue lag-free?
The 48-hour average for server fps is 59, and the floor was 53. The entity count reached 30,837: that includes buildings, deployables and everything else. At most it drew 4,398 MB of memory. What players call lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
What version does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue use?
On Windows, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166100. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Population
How does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue at #9,363, in the top 42% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue right now?
You will find 0 players filling 500 slots in [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue as things stand. It peaked at 1 this week, and the average was 0. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 01:00 UTC, averaging 0 players.
Wipe schedule
On what schedule does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe at [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe, which is its next wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world it has now started 15 days 7 hours ago. Wipes once a month are what its tags show.
How does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue handle wipe day?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe was at its largest 19 hours after the wipe.
Join the server
What steps do you take to join [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 51.81.166.171:28018. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs166100,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 The standard survival game mode.
mp500
Max players Room for 500.
ts8
Group limit 8 to a team, as the game ships it.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2634.
cs166100
Build Game build: 166100.
ptrak
Networking Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.
Wipe schedule
^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, matching Facepunch's force wipe.
Difficulty
^v
Vanilla No altered rates, kits or rules: this is the game Facepunch ships.
Gameplay
^t
Tutorial on The Facepunch tutorial is open to new players here.
Other
sc2
Custom tag Not one of Rust's standard tags: set by the owner or a plugin.
^x
Unknown flag A flag with no entry in Facepunch's notes.
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.