RS-9301Official server
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue
Online 51.81.166.171:28018 checked 8m 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 4h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- T− 22d 4hThu 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 UTC15d 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
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Player count
What is the typical player count on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is showing 0 players on 500 slots right now. Over seven days it averaged 0, and the highest point was 1. Over the last 48 hours, the peak hour was 01:00 UTC, with an average of 0 players.
Where does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue sit in the rankings?
On player hours across seven days, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is #9,301, inside the top 42% of all ranked servers.
Tags, lists, and filters
Where does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue show up in Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
These Top Rust Servers lists include [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: Rust tutorial servers, Top ranked Rust servers, North American Rust servers and Top vanilla Rust servers. These are the filters that bring it up on the server list: 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.
How should you read the tags on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Published by [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue for the game's server browser to read: 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 follows the standard Rust ruleset; mp500 (Max players): Player slots: 500; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2634 (Protocol): This server runs protocol 2634; match it to connect; cs166100 (Build): Game build: 166100; ptrak (Networking): This uses RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code not set; ^m (Monthly): A wipe happens every month, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No altered rates, kits or rules; this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): This server offers Facepunch's tutorial for newcomers; sc2 (Custom tag): A non-standard tag, added by the owner or a plugin; ^x (Unknown flag): No documentation from Facepunch exists for this flag. The top of this page also shows the time its world was made, its queue, and its players now, all from the tags.
Who operates [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
124 other servers we track publish a playrust.com hostname as well as [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, so they are most likely run by the same operator.
Settings and map
Which map is running on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is procedural, size 2,500, seed 5346364, and generated by the game. The map can be seen on RustMaps from this page, as identical size and seed yield the same map.
Which settings and rules apply on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
You will not find a gather rate in the name [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue. Up to 8 players per group, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, standard survival: gathering, building and raiding. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. The in-game Official tab lists this server. Vanilla is the term it uses: no altered rates, kits or rules; this is the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC anti-cheat is active.
Server info
What version is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue running?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue uses Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166100 with Windows as its system. Your game needs the same protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
What is the performance like on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 59, with a low of 53. The maximum entities it carried was 30,837, covering buildings, deployables and the rest. At its highest, it consumed 4,398 MB of memory. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where can [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue be found?
Its name points to North America, but [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue publishes no region tag. Top Rust Servers does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. 51.81.166.171:28018 is its address.
Is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue currently online?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is online at the moment. The uptime it gives suggests a restart around 15 days 13 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, it was online for 168 of 168 hours, or 100%. Its first appearance in Top Rust Servers was on 13 September 2026.
Wipe schedule
What happens on wipe day on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Recent wipes saw an average peak of 1 players at their busiest. The latest wipe saw its highest player count 19 hours in.
On what schedule does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue wipe?
A single monthly wipe, the force wipe, is all [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue does. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC will be its next wipe, and it affects all Rust servers. The world it is running now dates from 15 days 15 hours ago. Its tags indicate wipes happen each month.
How to join
How can I connect to [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
To connect, start Rust, hit F1, and enter client.connect 51.81.166.171:28018. You can also join by clicking Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and links you in.