The Nexus
Online 79.117.123.136:28015 checked 7m ago
Li2Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Li3Server performance
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 8 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Li4Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Bx1Wipe schedule
too few wipes seen yetNot enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Bx2Wipes
newest first · each peak a flare-up, on one √ span to its biggest| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18 Oct, 19:16 UTC10d 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.
Bx6Similar servers
the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipesLogQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe day
What does wipe day look like on The Nexus?
At their busiest, its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 1 hours into the latest wipe, player numbers topped out.
What is the wipe schedule on The Nexus?
The Nexus has too few wipes on record yet for its rhythm to show. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the next monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now dates from 10 days 1 hours ago.
Player counts
How busy is The Nexus?
The current population of The Nexus is 0, against 50 slots. A seven-day average of 0 players.
How does The Nexus rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over seven days put The Nexus at #15,339, in the top 69% of ranked servers.
Map and rules
Which map does The Nexus run?
A procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 1591971938, generated by the game, runs on The Nexus. You can look at the map on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed give the same map.
What are the rules and settings on The Nexus?
A gather rate is not given in the name The Nexus. Groups can contain up to 8 players, the default in the game. The server runs survival, standard play: gathering, building and raiding. You can fight other players and raid their bases. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Carbon plugins run on this server. VAC is on, which is Valve's anti-cheat.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Nexus run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what The Nexus runs. To join, your game must match the protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is The Nexus online, and how reliable is it?
The server is up at the moment: The Nexus is online. About 5 days 9 hours ago is when it last restarted, by its own uptime figure. It was up 168 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 100% of the time. The first record of it on Rust Heatmap is 8 October 2026.
Where is The Nexus located?
No region is published by The Nexus. A server says where it is, and Rust Heatmap shows that. The machine's actual location is not looked up. To connect, use 79.117.123.136:28015.
Does The Nexus run smoothly?
The last 48 hours brought an average of 40 server fps and a floor of 17. Buildings, deployables and the rest of the world came to as much as 121,653 entities. The highest memory use was 4,875 MB. What players call lag is low fps together with a growing entity count.
Lists and filters
Which Rust Heatmap lists and filters include The Nexus?
These Rust Heatmap lists include The Nexus: Modded Rust servers, by live population. These are the filters that return it on the list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on The Nexus mean?
These are the tags The Nexus publishes for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard rules; mp50 (Max players): Slot count: 50; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: 8 per team at most; v2635 (Protocol): To join, run the same version: game protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard game networking here, which is RakNet; $r? (Region code): The region code is blank; ^z (Modded): Listed as Modded, since settings or plugins change the game; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run through Carbon. The top of this page also shows the tags for players now, the queue and when the world was made.
Connect
How do I join The Nexus?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 79.117.123.136:28015. Alternatively, join from this page with Launch Rust: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.