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[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue

Offline 51.81.166.171:28018 checked 13d ago

official monthly wipes vanilla
Sp1 · players now 0/ 500
0% full
Li1 · players, the last 48 hours · hourly average, UTC
No hourly readings in the last 48 hours
0
7-day average
peak –
#15,098
rank
top 70%
30d ago
last wipe
monthly schedule
7d 15h
next wipe
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
UTC checked 13d ago

Li2Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Li3Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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.

Li4Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep26 Sep3 Oct9 Oct16 Oct22 Oct

Top 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Bx1Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 15h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 15h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 15h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 19 hours in.

Bx2Wipes

newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 28 Sep, 23:17 UTC30d 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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LogQuick answers

from the figures on this page

Wipe day

What does wipe day look like on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?

At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe reached its peak 19 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?

The only wipe on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is the monthly force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world in play now was made 30 days 4 hours ago. The tags list one wipe a month.

Player counts

How busy is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?

The last time [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue was seen was 13 days 12 hours ago, and it is offline now.

How does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue rank against other Rust servers?

Ranked #15,098 on seven-day player hours, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is in the top 70% of all ranked servers.

Map and rules

Which map does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue run?

The map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is procedural, size 2,500 with seed 5346364, generated by the game. The map is the same for a given size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?

A gather rate is not given in the name [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue. Groups can contain up to 8 players, the default in the game. survival is the game mode, standard play: gathering, building and raiding. Combat between players and raiding are both possible. It appears in Rust's Official tab in the game. Vanilla is the server's own description: unchanged rates, kits and rules: the game in Facepunch's own form. VAC is on, which is Valve's anti-cheat.

Location and uptime

Which version of Rust does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue run?

The build on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166100, running on Windows. Your game must run the same protocol to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.

Is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue online, and how reliable is it?

Offline at the moment: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue was last seen 13 days 12 hours ago. It was up 0 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 0% of the time. It first appears in Rust Heatmap records on 13 September 2026.

Where is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue located?

The name of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue points to North America, though no region tag is published. What Rust Heatmap shows is where a server says it is. Where the machine stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 51.81.166.171:28018.

Lists and filters

Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?

These Rust Heatmap lists include [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers, North America server heatmap and Vanilla Rust servers, busiest first. Filtering the list by 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 brings it up.

What do the server tags on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue mean?

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): Survival in the standard Rust form; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must match protocol 2634 to get in; cs166100 (Build): Build 166100; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe marks the monthly wipe here; ^v (Vanilla): Unchanged rates, kits and rules: the game in Facepunch's own form; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is where new players can start on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner added this tag; it is not a standard Rust one; ^x (Unknown flag): Facepunch has published nothing about this flag are the tags [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue publishes, and the server browser reads them. Players now, the queue and the world's creation time sit in the tags as well and appear at the top of this page.

Who runs [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?

The playrust.com hostname published by [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue also appears on 124 other servers we track. The same operator most likely runs them.

How to join

How do I join [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?

Enter client.connect 51.81.166.171:28018 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and connects you.

KeyServer tags

what each one means

Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs166100,sc2,^x,ts8

On Rust Heatmap

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 Survival in the standard Rust form.
mp500
Max players Slot count: 500.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2634
Protocol Your game must match protocol 2634 to get in.
cs166100
Build Build 166100.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code The region code is blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Facepunch's force wipe marks the monthly wipe here.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla Unchanged rates, kits and rules: the game in Facepunch's own form.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on The Facepunch tutorial is where new players can start on this server.

Other

sc2
Custom tag A plugin or the owner added this tag; it is not a standard Rust one.
^x
Unknown flag Facepunch has published nothing about this flag.

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.