[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue
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 21d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 21d 22hThu 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 UTC 15d 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.
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Quick answers
Population
How busy is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
0 of 500 slots on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue are filled right now. A seven-day average of 0 players, with a peak of 1. Over the past 48 hours, the peak period was 01:00 UTC with an average of 0 players.
How does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue ranks #9,272 worldwide and sits in the top 42% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What does wipe day look like on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 19 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaks.
What is the wipe schedule on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
A single monthly wipe, the force wipe, is all [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue runs. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the next wipe arrives: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The map has been running for 15 days 20 hours. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Server details
Is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue online, and how reliable is it?
Live status for [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 15 days 18 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 [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: does it run smoothly?
Over the past 48 hours, it averaged 59 server fps, with a minimum of 53. At its peak it held 30,837 entities, which covers buildings, deployables and all other objects in the world. The peak memory usage was 4,398 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue run?
The Rust version for [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is network protocol 2634 and build 166100, on Windows. Steam updates your game, so the protocol matches when you join.
Where is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue located?
Its name points to North America, though [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue publishes no region tag. When Is Wipe shows the location a server claims; it does not look up the machine's actual location. 51.81.166.171:28018 is its address.
Tags, lists
Who runs [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
124 other servers we track also publish a playrust.com hostname, as does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, so they are most likely run by the same operator.
Which When Is Wipe lists include [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue? And filters?
Official Rust servers, Rust tutorial servers, Rust servers in North America and Vanilla Rust servers are the When Is Wipe lists that [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue fits. These filters 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.
What do the server tags on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue publishes: 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): This server runs standard Rust survival; mp500 (Max players): The server holds 500 players; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, the game's default; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2634; a version mismatch blocks joining; cs166100 (Build): This server runs build 166100; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe; ^v (Vanilla): No rate changes, kits or extra rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): This server offers the tutorial for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): A custom tag: added by the owner or a plugin, not by Facepunch; ^x (Unknown flag): No documentation from Facepunch covers this flag. The tags also hold its population now, its queue and when its world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Map and rules
What rules does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue enforce? And settings?
The name of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue does not state a gather rate. With the default limit, groups are limited to 8 players. The game mode for this server is survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. PvP and raiding are enabled. You can find it in the Official tab in-game. The server name includes vanilla: no rate changes, kits or extra rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, on.
Which map does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue run?
A procedural map, size 2,500 with seed 5346364, is used by [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue; the game generates it. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
How to join
How do I join [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 51.81.166.171:28018 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs166100,sc2,^x,ts8
On When Is Wipe
- 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.
Game
gmrust- Game mode This server runs standard Rust survival.
mp500- Max players The server holds 500 players.
ts8- Group limit The team limit is 8, the game's default.
v2634- Protocol The server runs game protocol 2634; a version mismatch blocks joining.
cs166100- Build This server runs build 166100.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game.
$r?- Region code The server has no region code.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe.
Difficulty
^v- Vanilla No rate changes, kits or extra rules: the game exactly as Facepunch ships it.
Gameplay
^t- Tutorial on This server offers the tutorial for new players.
Other
sc2- Custom tag A custom tag: added by the owner or a plugin, not by Facepunch.
^x- Unknown flag No documentation from Facepunch covers this flag.
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.