Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
174.81.203.176:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Top 50% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 174.81.203.176:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 1
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 3 Oct 2026, 02:45 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 3 Oct 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does Big Nuts use?
There is no gather rate in the name of Big Nuts. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You see it under Community in the browser: it is a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on Big Nuts?
Big Nuts uses a procedural map that the game generates.
Tags
How should you read the tags on Big Nuts?
These tags come from Big Nuts and go straight into the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp1 (Max players): Slot count: 1; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166652 (Build): Running build 166652; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's usual choice; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does Big Nuts appear in Boongarust lists?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for Big Nuts: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Server details
What's the physical location of Big Nuts?
No region is published by Big Nuts. Where a server says it is, that is what Boongarust shows. Where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You can reach it at 174.81.203.176:28015.
What's the uptime like on Big Nuts?
Last seen 4 days 23 hours ago, Big Nuts is offline at the moment. Uptime over the last 4 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 96. 3 October 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does Big Nuts have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 on Windows: that is Big Nuts. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
Big Nuts wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of Big Nuts's wipes to tell its rhythm. All Rust servers wipe at the force wipe, monthly. The next is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 5 days 13 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Big Nuts place?
Ranked #11,831 on seven-day player hours, Big Nuts is in the top 50% overall.
Is Big Nuts busy?
Big Nuts last showed life 4 days 23 hours ago; it is offline now. It averaged 1 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
Join the server
How do you connect to Big Nuts?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 174.81.203.176:28015. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp1,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166652,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.