The Nexus
79.117.123.136:28015 checked 6m 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 8 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 21% 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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players 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.
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Quick answers
Population
The Nexus ranking: what position does it hold?
Rank #4,698 over the last seven days in player hours: The Nexus, inside the top 21% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Nexus?
1 of 50 slots are filled on The Nexus at the moment. Averaged across the last seven days: 1 players, peaking at 1. Over the last 48 hours, the peak hour was 02:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Tags and Filters
How should the tags on The Nexus be interpreted?
For The Nexus, the game's server browser reads the following tags: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default is 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: join only if your game matches this version; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and the time its world was made, all from the tags.
The Nexus in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters: which ones?
These BestRustServers.xyz lists include The Nexus: Best modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server Overview
The Nexus Rust version: which one?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what The Nexus uses. Joining requires the same protocol; Steam updates your game for you.
Is the performance on The Nexus smooth?
For the past 48 hours, server fps averaged 53, never dropping below 36. It held up to 123,801 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. At its highest, memory usage was 3,310 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and entity count climbs.
The Nexus uptime and reliability: what are they?
The Nexus is currently online. According to its reported uptime, the last restart was about 6 hours ago. Over the past 6 full days, it was online 112 of 144 hours, 78% of the time. The first time BestRustServers.xyz saw it was on 8 October 2026.
Where can The Nexus be found?
No region is published by The Nexus. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. 79.117.123.136:28015 is its address.
Settings & Map
What is the map on The Nexus?
A procedural map of size 4,500 and seed 1337 is what The Nexus runs, generated by the game. The map can be viewed on RustMaps from this page, since size and seed fix it.
What rules and configuration does The Nexus have?
A gather rate is not given in the name The Nexus. With no stated limit, groups default to 8 players. Listed as survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Player combat and raiding are enabled. Listed as Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins in use: Carbon. VAC protection is on.
Wipe Cycle
The Nexus wipe schedule: what does it show?
The Nexus's wipe rhythm cannot be told from the wipes on record, which are too few. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next force wipe arrives, when all Rust servers wipe. Its world dates from 6 days 7 hours.
How to Join
How can I connect to The Nexus?
Enter client.connect 79.117.123.136:28015 in the console (F1 in Rust), or use Launch Rust on this page to open Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust- Game mode Rust survival, standard.
mp50- Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts8- Group limit The game default is 8 per team.
v2634- Protocol Protocol 2634: join only if your game matches this version.
cs167781- Build Build 167781.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Mods and access
^z- Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded.
^y- Carbon Carbon provides the plugin framework here.
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.