Offline 124.120.116.248:28015 checked 2d ago
The Crows Nest
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 5 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer performance
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 46% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is The Crows Nest online, and how reliable is it?
Offline right now, with a last sighting 2 days 22 hours ago: The Crows Nest. 3% of the time over the last 4 full days, which is 3 of 96 hours up. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 25 October 2026.
Which Rust version is The Crows Nest on?
On Windows, The Crows Nest runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is The Crows Nest located?
No region is published by The Crows Nest. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. 124.120.116.248:28015 is the address.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Crows Nest mean?
Tags published by The Crows Nest and picked up by the in-game browser: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival as standard; mp5 (Max players): The cap is 5 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default 8 per team applies here; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network here, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): It uses Carbon for plugins. The tags carry more besides: present players, queue length and when the world was made, all displayed at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include The Crows Nest?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include The Crows Nest are: Modded Rust servers, live. Under the server list's filters it appears in: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server rules
What are the rules and settings on The Crows Nest?
The name of The Crows Nest does not say what the gather rate is. The cap is 8 players per group, the game's default. survival, gather, build, raid: the standard game. You can fight and raid other players here. Under Modded in the server browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Carbon plugins are running. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
How full is The Crows Nest right now?
Last seen 2 days 22 hours ago, The Crows Nest is offline right now. Averaged across seven days: 0 players. The high point: 1.
Where does The Crows Nest sit in the rankings?
Ranked #10,286 on seven-day player hours, The Crows Nest is in the top 46% of all ranked servers.
Wipe schedule
What is the wipe schedule on The Crows Nest?
The record holds too few of The Crows Nest's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is the monthly force wipe, when every Rust server wipes. 14 days 12 hours ago is when its current world was made.
Joining the server
How do I join The Crows Nest?
Console route: F1 in Rust, then client.connect 124.120.116.248:28015. Or use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp5,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp5
ts8
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.