The Nexus
80.248.138.37:28015 checked 23h 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 13 Oct. 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
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.
Similar servers
Quick answers
Player Count
Where does The Nexus sit in the rankings?
Over the last seven days, The Nexus ranks #9,249 in player hours, which is in the top 42% of ranked servers.
How many players are on The Nexus?
The server The Nexus is currently offline; it was last seen 23 hours ago. Averaged across the last seven days: 1 players, peaking at 1. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 00:00 UTC, when the average player count was 1.
Server Tags
The Nexus tags: what do they indicate?
For The Nexus, the game's server browser reads the following tags: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size: 8; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs167584 (Build): Game build number: 167584; ptrak (Networking): Network layer: RakNet, the standard; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it appears under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Plugin framework: Carbon. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue and when its world was made, taken from the tags.
Where does The Nexus appear in BestRustServers.xyz lists and filters?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include The Nexus are: Best modded Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that bring it up are: 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 167584 on Linux is what The Nexus uses. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
The Nexus performance: is it smooth?
Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 101, with a low of 65. Buildings, deployables and the rest of the world accounted for up to 121,746 entities. The maximum memory used was 3,313 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt by players as lag.
The Nexus uptime and reliability: what are they?
Offline now for The Nexus, last seen 23 hours ago. According to its reported uptime, the last restart was about 2 hours ago. In 1 full day, uptime was 29%; hours online: 7 of 24. On 13 October 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
The Nexus location: where is it?
No region is given by The Nexus. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. You can reach it at 80.248.138.37:28015.
Settings & Map
The Nexus map: which one is it?
Generated by the game, the map on The Nexus is procedural, size 4,500, seed 1337. 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. No group limit is stated; the game's default of 8 players applies. It runs survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. Raids and PvP are on. Listed as Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Carbon plugins are used. The server has VAC on.
Wipe Schedule
The Nexus wipe schedule: what does it show?
The record holds too few wipes for The Nexus to show a rhythm. The monthly force wipe applies to every Rust server, and the next is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The current world has been running since 6 days 11 hours.
Connect
What is the process to join The Nexus?
Enter client.connect 80.248.138.37:28015 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,cs167584,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival gameplay.
mp50- Max players Slots: 50.
ts8- Group limit Default team size: 8.
v2634- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs167584- Build Game build number: 167584.
ptrak- Networking Network layer: RakNet, the standard.
$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 Plugin framework: 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.