Offline 89.57.112.28:28015 checked 1h ago
Nix Sandbox
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 50 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 42% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 7d 17h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 17hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:47 UTC FW27d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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 Nix Sandbox online, and how reliable is it?
Offline right now, with a last sighting 1 hours ago: Nix Sandbox. 21% of the time over the last 7 full days, which is 35 of 168 hours up. Rust Player Stats logged it for the first time on 13 September 2026.
Which Rust version is Nix Sandbox on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows: that is the setup at Nix Sandbox. To get in, your game needs the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Where is Nix Sandbox located?
Nothing on Nix Sandbox states a region. What a server says about itself is what Rust Player Stats shows; no check is made of where the machine actually stands. The address you connect to is 89.57.112.28:28015.
Tags
What do the server tags on Nix Sandbox mean?
Tags published by Nix Sandbox and picked up by the in-game browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp50 (Max players): Slot count: 50; ts8 (Group limit): No more than 8 to a team, as the game sets by default; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2635 to get in; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard one; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^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 Nix Sandbox?
The Rust Player Stats lists that include Nix Sandbox are: Modded Rust servers, live and Build and creative servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Nix Sandbox?
The name of Nix Sandbox does not say what the gather rate is. The cap is 8 players per group, the game's default. It plays as survival, build, gather and raid in the standard game. PvP is on, and so is raiding. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. It runs plugins: Carbon. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
What is the population on Nix Sandbox at the moment?
Last seen 1 hours ago, Nix Sandbox is offline right now. Averaged across seven days: 0 players. The high point: 1. Peak traffic in the last 48 hours landed at 22:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.
Where does Nix Sandbox sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days place Nix Sandbox at #9,287, among the top 42% of ranked servers.
Wipe timing
What is the wipe schedule on Nix Sandbox?
Once a month, Nix Sandbox wipes with the force wipe. When every Rust server wipes, on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, its next wipe is the force wipe. The world it runs now was made 52 days 12 hours ago.
What does wipe day look like on Nix Sandbox?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 1 players. 0 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe.
Connect
How do I join Nix Sandbox?
Press F1 in Rust, bring up the console and enter client.connect 89.57.112.28:28015. The Launch Rust button here does the same, opening Rust via Steam and connecting you.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp50
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.