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Offline 51.81.166.171:28016 checked 14d ago

[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red

official monthly wipes vanilla

Connect

srv = rust.server("51.81.166.171:28017")
print(srv.connect_command)

Right now

srv.summary()
players now 0/500 # 0% full
7-day average 0 # peak –
rank #15,098 # top 70%
last wipe 30d ago # monthly schedule
next wipe 6d 15h # Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
display(Image(srv.banner))

Players

srv.players.plot(range="48h")
No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

srv.performance.plot(measure="fps", range="48h")
This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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 · daily · 1 is best

srv.rank.plot(invert=True)  # 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep26 Sep3 Oct9 Oct16 Oct22 Oct

Top 70% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule · force wipes only

srv.wipe_schedule()

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 15h. # The force wipe · high confidence

wipe-day peak1players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

inatkind
06d 15hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW force wipe
134d 15hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW force wipe

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 10 hours in.

Wipes · newest first

srv.wipes.head(20)
wipedpeakcrowdlastedplayers_before
0 Tue 29 Sep, 08:18 UTC30d ago 1 NaN 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.

display(srv.map, srv.info())

Map

2500 · seed 4575464
Map of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red
map
Procedural Map
size
2500
seed
4575464
Open on RustMaps

Server

srv.info()
address
51.81.166.171:28016
region
–
max players
500
group limit
8, the default
wipe schedule
monthly
last wipe
29 Sep 2026, 08:18 UTC
hostname
nexus_us_red.playrust.com
first seen
13 Sep 2026

Operator · playrust.com

rust.servers(operator="playrust.com").sort_values("players")

125 servers publish a playrust.com hostname; the busiest are listed.

About this server · in its own words

print(srv.description)
This is an official server owned and operated by Facepunch. The Staging Branch in Rust is a separate version of Rust where new updates and features are tested before being published to the main game. To join, launch 'Rust - Staging Branch' from your Steam library. See more at https://rust.facepunch.com/staging

Similar servers · the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes

rust.similar(srv).head(6)
serverlike_thisplayers
0Rustopia.gg - US LargeNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 123 on average147/200
1Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 107 on average94/200
2RustLands | Monthly Large | No BP Wipe | NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 59 on average159/225
3PICKLE DUO MONTHLY | No BP Wipe | Low Upkeep | Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 33 on average26/200
4Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 32 on average18/150
5Rustoria.co - US Long PremiumNA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 29 on average25/200

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Population

Against other Rust servers, how does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red rank?

Over the last seven days [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red sits at #15,098 on player hours, in the top 70% of ranked servers.

How many players does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red hold at once?

Offline now for [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red, with the last sample 14 days 11 hours ago.

About the server

Which Rust version is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red on?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166146 on Windows is what [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red runs. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update.

How reliable is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red, and is it up?

The latest sample has [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red offline, with a last sighting 14 days 11 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours up over the last 7 full days, or 0%. Rust Data logged it first on 13 September 2026.

In which location is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red hosted?

No region tag is published by [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red, though its name points to North America. Rust Data does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 51.81.166.171:28016.

Map and rules

Which settings and rules does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red run?

No gather rate appears in the name: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red. The group limit sits at the default of 8 players. Game mode survival, with this note: the usual game, with gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. You will find it under Official in game. Vanilla, by its own description: no changed rates, kits or rules: the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

Which map has [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red loaded?

Size 2,500, seed 4575464: the procedural map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red, generated by the game. Because size and seed determine the map, it can be viewed on RustMaps via this page.

Wipe data

When does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red wipe, and how often?

Once a month [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red wipes, with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. This world was created 30 days 18 hours ago. The tags list wipes as monthly.

What is wipe day on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red like?

The average peak over recent wipes is 1 players. 10 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.

Tags, lists

Which lists on Rust Data hold [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red, and which filters?

On Rust Data, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red appears in these lists: Official Rust servers, Rust tutorial servers, North America Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers. It appears under these filters 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.

Who is behind [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?

The same operator most likely runs [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red and 124 other servers we track, as all publish a playrust.com hostname.

How should you read the server tags on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?

Read by the game's server browser, the tags [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red publishes are: 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): Rust survival in its standard form; mp500 (Max players): The server lists 500 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default cap applies: 8 per team; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634 is required; a different game version cannot connect; cs166146 (Build): Recorded game build: 166146; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region field is empty; ^m (Monthly): Wipes follow the monthly force wipe from Facepunch; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: the game as Facepunch ships it; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is open to new players on this server; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner added this; standard Rust does not define it; ^x (Unknown flag): No Facepunch documentation covers this flag. At the top of this page you will also find the current players, the queue and the world creation time, all taken from the tags.

Join steps

What is the way into [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?

In Rust, F1 opens the console: type client.connect 51.81.166.171:28016. Launch Rust on this page does the same by opening the game through Steam and connecting.

Server tags · what each one means

srv.tags.decode()

Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs166146,sc2,^x,ts8

On Rust Data

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 Rust survival in its standard form.
mp500
Max players The server lists 500 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default cap applies: 8 per team.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634 is required; a different game version cannot connect.
cs166146
Build Recorded game build: 166146.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region field is empty.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Wipes follow the monthly force wipe from Facepunch.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: the game as Facepunch ships it.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on The Facepunch tutorial is open to new players on this server.

Other

sc2
Custom tag A plugin or the owner added this; standard Rust does not define it.
^x
Unknown flag No Facepunch documentation 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.

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