The Nexus
80.248.138.37:28015 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 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.
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Quick answers
Population
How busy is The Nexus?
Right now The Nexus is offline; the last sighting was 30 hours ago. For the last seven days the mean was 1 players; the highest count was 1. In the last 48 hours, 00:00 UTC drew the highest average: 1 players.
How does The Nexus rank against other Rust servers?
By player hours over the last seven days, The Nexus ranks #9,207 worldwide and sits in the top 42% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on The Nexus?
The rhythm of The Nexus cannot yet be told: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, wipes every Rust server. 6 days 18 hours is how long the present world has lasted.
Server
Is The Nexus online, and how reliable is it?
The server The Nexus is offline as of the latest check; last seen 30 hours ago. Based on reported uptime, the last restart was roughly 2 hours ago. 7 of 24 hours were online in the last 1 full day, 29% uptime. When Is Wipe has tracked it since 13 October 2026.
Performance of The Nexus: does it run smoothly?
The last 48 hours saw an average of 101 server fps and a low of 65. The highest entity count was 121,746, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The peak memory usage was 3,313 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does The Nexus run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584 on Linux is what The Nexus runs. Joining needs the same protocol version; Steam handles that update for you.
Where is The Nexus located?
No region is published by The Nexus. When Is Wipe shows the location a server claims; it does not look up the machine's actual location. 80.248.138.37:28015 is its address.
Tags, lists
Which When Is Wipe lists include The Nexus? And filters?
Best modded Rust servers are the When Is Wipe lists that The Nexus fits. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on The Nexus mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Nexus publishes: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival is the game mode; mp50 (Max players): Slot count: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs167584 (Build): This server runs build 167584; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^z (Modded): Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section; ^y (Carbon): This server runs Carbon for plugins. The tags also hold its population now, its queue and when its world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Rules, map
What rules does The Nexus enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in The Nexus's name. Under the default setting, groups are limited to 8 players. On this server, the mode is survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. It is in the Modded section: plugins or settings alter the game. Plugins: Carbon. VAC is on.
Which map does The Nexus run?
The map on The Nexus is procedural, size 4,500, seed 1337, created by the game. The map is fixed by size and seed; view it on RustMaps from this page.
How to join
How do I join The Nexus?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 80.248.138.37:28015 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167584,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust- Game mode Standard survival is the game mode.
mp50- Max players Slot count: 50.
ts8- Group limit Teams are capped at 8, as shipped by default.
v2634- Protocol Your game version has to be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs167584- Build This server runs build 167584.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game.
$r?- Region code The server has no region code.
Mods and access
^z- Modded Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section.
^y- Carbon This server runs Carbon for plugins.
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.