[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue
Join the serverOVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 41%.
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
51.81.166.171:28018
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
![Map of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue](https://files.facepunch.com/rust/map-images/a7b1adff6d009e041a3cbaddf7a5337bbdc09ccb8ba084c2620485d8c29c1a30/proceduralmap.2500.0.289_a7b1adff6d009e041a3cbaddf7a5337b.jpg)
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 3637 places on last week. Top 41% 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
- 51.81.166.171:28018
- 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
- [US East] Facepunch Premium 1 282/400 · [US] Facepunch Softcore 1 162/300 · [EU] Facepunch Premium 1 160/350 · [US East] Facepunch 1 144/400 · [US East] Facepunch Premium 2 130/400 · [US] Facepunch Softcore 2 129/300 · [EU East] Facepunch 5 124/350 · [EU] Facepunch 1 105/400
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server rules
What are [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. You find it in the Official tab in-game. It claims vanilla status: as Facepunch intended: standard rates, no kits, no extra rules. The server has VAC on.
What's the map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The map on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is procedural, size 2,500, generated with seed 5346364 by the game. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page.
Server tags
What do [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue's tags signify?
These tags come from [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue and go straight into the game's server browser: 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): The usual Rust survival setup; mp500 (Max players): Slot count: 500; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, as Facepunch ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Your game version must equal protocol 2634 to get in; cs166100 (Build): Running build 166100; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe brings the monthly reset; ^v (Vanilla): As Facepunch intended: standard rates, no kits, no extra rules; ^t (Tutorial on): Beginners can begin with Facepunch's tutorial; sc2 (Custom tag): Owner or plugin made this tag. Rust does not ship it; ^x (Unknown flag): This flag has no entry in Facepunch's notes. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Which Boongarust filters show [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
On these Boongarust lists you will find [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: Tutorial-on Rust servers, Official Rust servers, busiest first, 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Boxes: Official only.
Who operates [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The same operator probably runs [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue and 124 other servers we track, since they all publish a playrust.com hostname.
Server info
Performance of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: does it hold up?
The 48-hour average was 59 server fps; the floor was 53. At its peak, it held 30,868 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 3,859 MB. Players feel lag when fps drops and entities pile up.
What's the physical location of [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
The name [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue uses suggests North America, though it publishes no region tag. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. You can reach it at 51.81.166.171:28018.
How reliable is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Right now [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue is live. The uptime it reports suggests a restart around 9 days 22 hours ago. 168 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 100% uptime. 13 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166100 on Windows: that is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe times
Wipe day at [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue: what's it like?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 1 players. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 19 hours after it.
When does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue wipe?
[US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue wipes with the force wipe, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is next, and every Rust server wipes with it. 10 days ago this server built its current world. Look at its tags: monthly wipe schedule.
Population
Ranking wise, where does [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue place?
Player hours over seven days put [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue at #9,401, in the top 41% of all ranked servers.
Is [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue busy?
0 players are on [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue at the moment, out of 500 slots. The average over the last seven days was 0 players, with a peak of 1. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 04:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.
How to join
How can you get into [US] Facepunch Nexus Staging - Blue?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 51.81.166.171:28018. 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,cs166100,sc2,^x,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.