Server profile
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue
Offline, with 0 of 500 players on; ranked #15,098 of every public Rust server, the top 70%. It last wiped 30d ago.
Offline 51.81.166.171:28018 checked 13d ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Force wipes only.
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 12h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 12hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 19 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 28 Sep, 23:17 UTC30d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
Note: 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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The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe cycle
What should you expect on wipe day at [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 1 players. 19 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
When does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue wipe, and how often?
The only wipe on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is the monthly force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. This world dates from 30 days 7 hours ago. Wipes run monthly, as its tags say.
About the server
Which Rust version is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue on?
The Rust build is network protocol 2634 and build 166100, running on Windows, for [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue. You can only join if your game is on the same protocol; Steam handles that update.
Has [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue stayed online, and is it up now?
Offline at the moment, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue was last seen 13 days 15 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 0 of 168 hours up, or 0% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 13 September 2026.
Where does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue run from?
No region tag comes from [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, though the name suggests North America. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. Connect through 51.81.166.171:28018.
Server tags
How should you read the tags listed for [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The tags 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 as standard Rust plays; mp500 (Max players): The slot count is 500; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams cap at 8; v2634 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2634; cs166100 (Build): The game build is 166100; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes monthly, together with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): No kits, rate changes or rule changes: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is open to new players on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): Not a standard Rust tag: a plugin or the owner put it there; ^x (Unknown flag): This flag has no entry in Facepunch's documentation are what [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue publishes, and the server browser in the game reads them. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.
Who operates [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The same operator probably runs them: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue publishes a playrust.com hostname, and so do 124 other servers we track.
On which Rust Insights lists does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue appear?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue appears among the following Rust Insights lists: Rust servers running the tutorial, Official Rust servers, listed, North American Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers. 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.
Player counts
How many players are on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue right now?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue was last seen 13 days 15 hours ago and is offline right now.
In the ranking of Rust servers, where does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue place?
On player hours for the last seven days, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue sits at #15,098, inside the top 70% of ranked servers.
Map and rules
How is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue configured, and what rules apply?
The name of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue does not state a gather rate. The default of 8 players per group is what applies here. survival is the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. PvP and raiding are both enabled. You will find it in the Official tab in game. Vanilla is the label it uses: no kits, rate changes or rule changes: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.
What is the map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Size 2,500 and seed 5346364 define the procedural map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, generated by the game. Size and seed give the same map each time, so this page lets you look at it on RustMaps.
How to join
What is the way to join [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 51.81.166.171:28018. You can skip the console by using Launch Rust here, which starts Rust through Steam and connects you.