[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue
51.81.166.171:28018 checked 12m ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 42% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 13hThu 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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 23:17 UTC 15d 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.
Similar servers
Quick answers
Population
Where does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue sit in the rankings?
In the top 42% of all ranked servers, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is #9,352 on player hours for the last seven days.
What is the player count on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: 0 players now, with 500 slots available. The seven-day average player count stands at 0, and the highest point was 1. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 01:00 UTC, when the average player count was 0.
Tags & Lists
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue tags: what do they indicate?
The game's server browser reads these tags from [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: 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): Standard survival gameplay; mp500 (Max players): Slot count is 500; ts8 (Group limit): The game default is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join; cs166100 (Build): Running build 166100; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^m (Monthly): Wipe cycle: monthly, with the force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): As Facepunch ships the game: rates, kits and rules unchanged; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is enabled for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): Set by the owner or a plugin, not a standard Rust tag; ^x (Unknown flag): No documentation from Facepunch for this flag. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue operator: who is it?
Most likely run by the same operator: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue and 124 other servers we track, all of which publish a playrust.com hostname.
Which lists and filters on BestRustServers.xyz contain [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue are: Rust tutorial servers, Official Rust servers, North American Rust servers and Vanilla-tagged Rust servers. These filters on the server list display it: 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.
Server Overview
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue Rust version: which one?
On Windows, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166100. Joining requires the same protocol; Steam updates your game for you.
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue performance: is it smooth?
Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 59, with a low of 53. The entity count reached 30,837, covering buildings, deployables and all other world objects. Memory use peaked at 4,398 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and entity count climbs.
What is the uptime and reliability of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The server is online: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue. About 15 days 4 hours ago is when it last restarted, based on its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. It was first seen by BestRustServers.xyz on 13 September 2026.
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue location: where is it?
Without a region tag, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue's name points to North America. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. 51.81.166.171:28018 is its address.
Settings & Map
What is the map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
On [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, the map is procedural, size 2,500 with seed 5346364, generated by the game. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed produce an identical map.
What rules and configuration does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue have?
The name [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue carries no gather multiplier. No group limit is stated; the game's default of 8 players applies. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player combat and raiding are enabled. Rust's Official tab includes this server. Self-described as vanilla: as Facepunch ships the game: rates, kits and rules unchanged. VAC: on.
Wipe Information
When does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue wipe?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue wipes at the monthly force wipe only. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its world dates from 15 days 6 hours. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one month.
What happens on wipe day on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
An average peak of 1 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 19 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
Join Server
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue joining: how is it done?
Enter client.connect 51.81.166.171:28018 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs166100,sc2,^x,ts8
On BestRustServers.xyz
- 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 Standard survival gameplay.
mp500- Max players Slot count is 500.
ts8- Group limit The game default is 8 per team.
v2634- Protocol Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join.
cs166100- Build Running build 166100.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Wipe cycle: monthly, with the force wipe.
Difficulty
^v- Vanilla As Facepunch ships the game: rates, kits and rules unchanged.
Gameplay
^t- Tutorial on The Facepunch tutorial is enabled for new players.
Other
sc2- Custom tag Set by the owner or a plugin, not a standard Rust tag.
^x- Unknown flag No documentation from Facepunch for 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.