[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red
Join the serverOVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 20%.
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
51.81.166.171:28016
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
![Map of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red](https://files.facepunch.com/rust/map-images/3caf24d4771e5a0c119a56958d9d47951b2c29547c38c17112d5012d1b7347f5/proceduralmap.2500.0.289_3caf24d4771e5a0c119a56958d9d4795.jpg)
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Up 1229 places on last week. Top 20% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
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
Spec sheet
- 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
- [US East] Facepunch Premium 1 228/400 · [EA] Facepunch 2 136/300 · [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 97/400 · [US East] Facepunch 1 92/400 · [US] Facepunch Softcore 1 84/300 · [EA] Softcore 1 83/350 · [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 74/300 · [EU] Facepunch Premium 1 60/350
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 [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red use?
The name of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red does not include a gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, the standard default. survival is the game mode, the default game of gathering, building and raiding. PvP and raiding are enabled. Rust's in-game Official tab includes it. The server describes itself as vanilla: untouched: no rate changes, no kits, no house rules. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red uses a procedural map of 2,500 that the game generates with seed 4575464. View it on RustMaps from this page: identical size and seed give an identical map.
Server tags
What are the tags on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red for?
The game's server browser reads the tags [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red publishes: 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 Rust normally plays; mp500 (Max players): Room for 500; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2634 (Protocol): Get on protocol 2634 or the door stays shut; cs166146 (Build): Game build is 166146; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe brings the monthly reset; ^v (Vanilla): Untouched: no rate changes, no kits, no house rules; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available for newcomers; sc2 (Custom tag): Owner or plugin made this tag. Rust does not ship it; ^x (Unknown flag): Facepunch does not document this flag. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Which Boongarust filters show [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
On these Boongarust lists you will find [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red: Tutorial-on Rust servers, Official Rust servers, busiest first, North America Rust servers and Vanilla Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Boxes: Official only.
Who's behind [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
A playrust.com hostname is published by [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red, and by 124 other servers we track, so the same operator most likely runs them.
Server info
Is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red laggy?
Server fps held an average of 59 across the last 48 hours, minimum 58. The entity count reached 33,800: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 4,064 MB. Lag, to players, means low fps and a growing entity count.
What's the physical location of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
The name [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red uses suggests North America, though it publishes no region tag. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. You can reach it at 51.81.166.171:28016.
How reliable is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
Online: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red, at this moment. Its reported uptime points to a restart roughly 9 days 18 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 100%, 168 hours from 168. 13 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
Which Rust build does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166146 on Windows: that is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe info
How does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red handle wipe day?
Recent wipes peaked at 1 players on average. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 10 hours in.
When does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red wipe?
Once a month: [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red wipes at the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is next, and every Rust server wipes with it. Its world is 9 days 20 hours old. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
What's [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red's rank among Rust servers?
Ranked #4,642 on seven-day player hours, [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red is in the top 20% overall.
How many players are on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
1 players are on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red at the moment, out of 500 slots. The average over the last seven days was 0 players, with a peak of 3. Over the last 48 hours, the busiest hour was 23:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
How to join
How do you connect to [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Red?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 51.81.166.171:28016. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^v,^t,gmrust,cs166146,sc2,^x,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.