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Offline 51.81.166.171:28018 checked 13d ago

[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue

official monthly wipes vanilla

Connect

srv = rust.server("51.81.166.171:28019")
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 7d 10h # 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 7d 10h. # The force wipe · high confidence

wipe-day peak1players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

inatkind
07d 10hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW force wipe
135d 10hThu 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, 19 hours in.

Wipes · newest first

srv.wipes.head(20)
wipedpeakcrowdlastedplayers_before
0 Mon 28 Sep, 23:17 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 5346364
Map of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue
map
Procedural Map
size
2500
seed
5346364
Open on RustMaps

Server

srv.info()
address
51.81.166.171:28018
region
–
max players
500
group limit
8, the default
wipe schedule
monthly
last wipe
28 Sep 2026, 23:17 UTC
hostname
nexus_us_blue.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 · 130 on average40/200
1Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 112 on average54/200
2RustLands | Monthly Large | No BP Wipe | NOOB FRIENDLYNA · groups of 50+ · monthly · 60 on average24/225
3PICKLE DUO MONTHLY | No BP Wipe | Low Upkeep | Duo SoloNA · groups of 20+ · monthly · 36 on average12/200
4Rusticated.com - US Premium LongNA · groups of 16+ · monthly · 33 on average19/150
5Rustoria.co - US Long PremiumNA · groups of 14+ · monthly · 31 on average11/200

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Player counts

What position does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue take in the server rankings?

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

How full does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue run?

The current row shows [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue offline; the last response was 13 days 17 hours ago.

About the server

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

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166100 on Windows is what [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue runs. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol must match to join.

Is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue up, and what does its uptime show?

Offline now for [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, last seen 13 days 17 hours ago. Uptime of 0% across the last 7 full days: 0 hours of 168. Rust Data logged it first on 13 September 2026.

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

No region tag is published by [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, 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. 51.81.166.171:28018 is its address.

Map and rules

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

No gather rate appears in the name: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue. Eight players per group: that is the game's default, and it applies here. survival is the game mode here, and the usual game, with gathering, building and raiding. Combat and raiding between players: both allowed. Official tab in game: it is there. Its own label is vanilla: no changed rates, kits or rules: the game as Facepunch ships it. VAC is running: Valve's anti-cheat is on.

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

[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue runs a procedural map of size 2,500 with seed 5346364, generated by the game. Size and seed fix the map, so RustMaps can show it, linked from this page.

Wipes and dates

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

A single wipe each month, the force wipe, is all [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue does. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe comes; that is the next wipe, and every Rust server takes it. A new world was started 30 days 9 hours ago, and that is the one in play. The tags list wipes as monthly.

On [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue, what happens on wipe day?

Recent wipes averaged 1 players at their peak. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 19 hours after it began.

Tags, lists

Which Rust Data filters and lists contain [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?

On Rust Data, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue appears in these lists: Official Rust servers, Rust tutorial servers, North America 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.

Who operates [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?

A playrust.com hostname is published by [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue and by 124 other servers we track, which suggests the same operator runs them.

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

The game's server browser reads these tags from [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: 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 play, standard Rust; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): Unchanged from default, teams hold up to 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634 is required; a different game version cannot connect; cs166100 (Build): Build number: 166100; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer for Rust: RakNet; $r? (Region code): Region code: not set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly: the wipe lands with Facepunch's force wipe; ^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): Not one of Rust's standard tags: set by the owner or a plugin; ^x (Unknown flag): No Facepunch documentation covers this flag. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; these appear at the top of this page.

How to join

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

Enter client.connect 51.81.166.171:28018 in the console (F1 in Rust). Or press Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and makes the connection.

Server tags · what each one means

srv.tags.decode()

Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs166100,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 Survival play, standard Rust.
mp500
Max players Slot count: 500.
ts8
Group limit Unchanged from default, teams hold up to 8.
v2634
Protocol Protocol 2634 is required; a different game version cannot connect.
cs166100
Build Build number: 166100.
ptrak
Networking Standard network layer for Rust: RakNet.
$r?
Region code Region code: not set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly: the wipe lands with Facepunch's force wipe.

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 Not one of Rust's standard tags: set by the owner or a plugin.
^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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