Nic Smells
198.244.225.63:22648 checked 1d 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 72% 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
Player counts
How busy is Nic Smells?
At present Nic Smells shows as offline; its last appearance was 38 hours ago. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
How does Nic Smells rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, Nic Smells ranks #15,903 worldwide and sits in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on Nic Smells?
The rhythm of Nic Smells cannot yet be told: too few of its wipes are on record. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when all Rust servers wipe. 32 days 21 hours ago the current world was made.
Server
Is Nic Smells online, and how reliable is it?
Live status for Nic Smells: offline, last seen 38 hours ago. It reports an uptime that puts the last restart at about 18 days 19 hours ago. 149 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 89% uptime. Its first appearance in When Is Wipe data was 13 September 2026.
Performance of Nic Smells: does it run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, average server fps was 174, and it never dropped below 157. Buildings, deployables and other world objects pushed the entity count as high as 47,189. The peak memory usage was 5,188 MB. The feeling of lag players report is caused by low fps and entities climbing.
Which version of Rust does Nic Smells run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Linux is what Nic Smells runs. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is Nic Smells located?
For Nic Smells, no region is published. What When Is Wipe shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. You can reach it at 198.244.225.63:22648.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include Nic Smells? And filters?
The When Is Wipe lists Nic Smells fits are: Best modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on Nic Smells mean?
gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival is the game mode; mp3 (Max players): Slot count: 3; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size applies: 8 maximum; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: to join, your game must match this version; cs163794 (Build): This server runs build 163794; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section are the tags Nic Smells publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. At the top of this page you can see its current players, queue and world creation time, which are in the tags too.
Map and rules
What rules does Nic Smells enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in Nic Smells's name. With the default limit, groups are limited to 8 players. On this server, the mode is survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. PvP and raiding are enabled. In the Modded list, the game is changed by plugins or settings. Oxide plugins are used. VAC is off.
Which map does Nic Smells run?
The map on Nic Smells is procedural, size 3,000, seed 1, created by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
How to join
How do I join Nic Smells?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 198.244.225.63:22648 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp3,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival is the game mode.
mp3- Max players Slot count: 3.
ts8- Group limit Default team size applies: 8 maximum.
v2633- Protocol Protocol 2633: to join, your game must match this version.
cs163794- Build This server runs build 163794.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game.
$r?- Region code No region code has been set.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide Oxide (uMod) is installed as the plugin framework.
^z- Modded Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section.
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.