Nix Sandbox
89.57.112.28:28015 checked 9h ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server 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.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 35% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 11h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
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.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:47 UTC FW12d 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.
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Quick answers
Server rules
What is the setup on Nix Sandbox when it comes to rules and settings?
You will not find a gather rate in the name Nix Sandbox. Up to 8 players can group, which is the game's default. survival is its mode, gather, build and raid: the standard game. Other players can be fought and raided. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded in the server browser. The plugins it runs number Carbon. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, from Valve.
Server population
What is the population like on Nix Sandbox?
Last seen 9 hours ago, Nix Sandbox is offline at the moment. Averaging 1 players over seven days, it peaked at 1. The busiest time in the last 48 hours was 17:00 UTC, when it averaged 1 players.
Where does Nix Sandbox sit in the rankings?
For player hours over the last week, Nix Sandbox is #7,762, which puts it in the top 35% of all ranked servers.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags on Nix Sandbox?
For the game's server browser, Nix Sandbox publishes these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust mode; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the standard team limit of 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634—only players on that version can get in; cs166494 (Build): It runs build 166494; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): There's no region code here; ^z (Modded): The Modded listing means plugins or settings have changed the game; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run through Carbon. At the top of this page you see its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, which are in the tags too.
Where does Nix Sandbox appear in Rust Zerg Life lists?
Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs and Rust build and creative servers: that is where you will find Nix Sandbox among the Rust Zerg Life rankings. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more.
About the server
How reliable is Nix Sandbox, and is it up?
Nix Sandbox is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 9 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, 20 of 168 hours were online, which is 12%. Rust Zerg Life has been tracking it since 13 September 2026.
What version is Nix Sandbox using?
The server Nix Sandbox runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 with Windows as its operating system. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol, which Steam updates automatically.
What is the location of Nix Sandbox?
No region is published by Nix Sandbox. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. You can reach it at 89.57.112.28:28015.
Wipe days
What happens on wipe day on Nix Sandbox?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest times averaged 1 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaked.
How often does Nix Sandbox wipe, and on what days?
The force wipe is the only wipe for Nix Sandbox, coming once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which every Rust server takes. 37 days 17 hours ago is when its present world was created.
Connect
What steps do I take to join Nix Sandbox?
You can join by opening the console with F1 and typing client.connect 89.57.112.28:28015. Or hit Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^z,^y
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2634
cs166494
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.