The Nest
208.52.152.46:28013 checked 7m 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 71% 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
Population
How busy is The Nest?
The current population of The Nest is 0 out of 15 slots. The past week gives an average of 0 players.
How does The Nest rank against other Rust servers?
Over the last seven days, The Nest is #15,967 for player hours, placing it in the top 71% of ranked servers globally.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on The Nest?
Its rhythm is not yet clear from the wipes of The Nest on record. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. 31 days 5 hours ago the current world was made.
Server
Is The Nest online, and how reliable is it?
Live status for The Nest: online. Based on reported uptime, the last restart was roughly 29 days 21 hours ago. 168 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, 100% uptime. Its first appearance in When Is Wipe data was 13 September 2026.
Performance of The Nest: does it run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 5 server fps and a low of 5. At its peak it held 115,940 entities, which covers buildings, deployables and all other objects in the world. The peak memory usage was 7,368 MB. Low fps together with an increasing entity count is what players call lag.
Which version of Rust does The Nest run?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 163794 on Linux is what The Nest runs. Steam updates your game, so the protocol matches when you join.
Where is The Nest located?
For The Nest, 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. 208.52.152.46:28013 is its address.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include The Nest? And filters?
The When Is Wipe lists The Nest fits are: Best modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on The Nest mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Nest publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival is the game mode; mp15 (Max players): The server holds 15 players; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, the game's default; v2633 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2633; a version mismatch blocks joining; cs163794 (Build): Build 163794; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded category: the game is altered by plugins or settings. The tags also hold its population now, its queue and when its world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Rules, map
What rules does The Nest enforce? And settings?
The name of The Nest does not state a gather rate. Under the default setting, groups are limited to 8 players. On this server, the mode is survival, standard survival: gathering, building, raiding. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. It is in the Modded section: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins: Oxide. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map does The Nest run?
The Nest runs a procedural map of size 4,500 with seed 2064062542, generated by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
Join
How do I join The Nest?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 208.52.152.46:28013 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp15,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs163794,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival is the game mode.
mp15- Max players The server holds 15 players.
ts8- Group limit The team limit is 8, the game's default.
v2633- Protocol The server runs game protocol 2633; a version mismatch blocks joining.
cs163794- Build Build 163794.
ptrak- Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's default.
$r?- Region code The server has no region code.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
^z- Modded Modded category: the game is altered by plugins or settings.
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.