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The Nexus

Offline 80.248.138.37:28015 checked 1d ago

moddedcarbon
players now1of 50 slots
7-day average1peak 1
rank#9,186top 42%
last wipe · restocked7d agono schedule published
next wipe · restock–no wipe seen yet

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75120:0022:0000:0002:0004:0006:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

05010015020020:0022:0000:0002:0004:0006:00

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 13 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k13 Oct14 Oct15 Oct

Top 42% 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

How should you read the tags on The Nexus?

Here are the tags The Nexus lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp50 (Max players): 50 player slots; 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; cs167584 (Build): Game build: 167584; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework here is Carbon. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.

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

These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Nexus: Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up 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.

Settings and rules

What map is in play on The Nexus?

A procedural map, size 4,500 with seed 1337, generated by the game, is what The Nexus runs. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.

Which settings and rules apply on The Nexus?

The name of The Nexus gives no gather rate. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default. This server runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Carbon plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

Server details

What is the location of The Nexus?

There is no region listed for The Nexus. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. The endpoint is 80.248.138.37:28015.

How reliable is The Nexus, and is it online now?

No stock at present: The Nexus is offline, last seen 36 hours ago. By its own uptime report, the last restart was about 2 hours ago. Over the last 1 full day it was up 29% of the time, 7 of 24 hours. Its first record on Rust Vending Machine is dated 13 October 2026.

How well does The Nexus perform?

Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 101 and never dropped below 65. At its peak it held 121,746 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all else in the world. The highest memory reading was 3,313 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps plus a growing entity count.

What version does The Nexus use?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584 on Linux is what powers The Nexus. The protocol has to line up on your side to join, and Steam does the updating.

Player count

What is The Nexus's rank among Rust servers?

Over the last seven days The Nexus ranks #9,186 on player hours, among the top 42% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on The Nexus right now?

At the moment The Nexus is offline, with a last sighting 36 hours ago. The seven-day average is 1, and the busiest point reached 1. The last 48 hours peaked at 00:00 UTC, when it averaged 1 players.

Wipe info

On what schedule does The Nexus wipe?

There are not yet enough recorded wipes from The Nexus to reveal its rhythm. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. 7 days ago it made the world it is using now.

Join the server

What steps do you take to join The Nexus?

Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 80.248.138.37:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167584,ts8,^z,^y

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival as standard Rust plays.
mp50
Max players 50 player slots.
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.
cs167584
Build Game build: 167584.
ptrak
Networking Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays.
^y
Carbon The plugin framework here is Carbon.

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.