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hard
178.158.214.251:28015 checked 11d ago
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1. Main points
Players now
1/ 2
50% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#12,998
top 60%
Last wipe
12d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
–
too few wipes seen yet
Main points
- The server is offline; at its last check there were 1 players on it, 50% of its 2 slots.
- It ranks #12,998 of all ranked servers, the top 60%, on player hours over the last seven days.
- Its current map went up 12d ago.
2. Players
Figure 1: Players on hard
Players now and over time, UTC
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
3. Server performance
Figure 2: Frame rate, entities and memory
From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag
Note
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.
4. Rank
Figure 3: Rank among all servers, daily
1 is best
Top 60% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
5. Wipe schedule
Patterntoo few wipes seen yet
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipe-day peak
1
players, last three wipes
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
6. Wipes
Table 1: Wipes, newest first
Every wipe seen on this server
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Oct, 11:49 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
Notes
- 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.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
7. Map
Figure 5: Map of hard
Table 2: The world
As the server publishes it
| Map | Procedural Map |
|---|---|
| Size | – |
| Seed | – |
8. Server characteristics
Table 3: Characteristics of hard
What the server publishes and what was recorded
| Address | 178.158.214.251:28015 |
|---|---|
| Region | – |
| Max players | 2 |
| Group limit | 8, the default |
| Wipe schedule | – |
| Last wipe | 16 Oct 2026, 11:49 UTC |
| Hostname | – |
| First seen | 17 Sep 2026 |
9. Similar servers
Table 4: Servers like this one
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
| Server | Characteristics | Players |
|---|---|---|
| Rusty Moose |EU Mondays| | EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 550 on average | 636 / 675 |
| Rustoria.co - EU East Long | EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 318 on average | 485 / 525 |
| Rusty Moose |EU Main| | EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 300 on average | 59 / 250 |
| Rustoria.co - EU Main | EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 300 on average | 36 / 250 |
| Rustafied.com - EU Friday | EU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 269 on average | 138 / 200 |
| Rustoria.co - EU East Medium | EU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 257 on average | 255 / 300 |
10. Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe records
When does hard wipe, and how often?
With too few wipes of hard on record, its rhythm remains unclear. A force wipe takes place monthly for every Rust server, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The present world dates from 12 days 6 hours.
What should you expect on wipe day at hard?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes drew 1 players. On the latest wipe, 0 hours passed before the crowd peaked.
Server details
What does the record show for the uptime and current status of hard?
Last seen 11 days 5 hours ago, hard is offline in this release. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was up 0 of them, or 0%. First recorded by Rust Census on 17 September 2026.
What location has been recorded for hard?
A region is not published by hard. Where a server says it is is what Rust Census shows; where the machine stands is not looked up. At 178.158.214.251:28015 it is addressed.
What version of Rust has been recorded on hard?
This release lists hard on Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781, running on Windows. To join, your game has to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Player counts
What population has been recorded on hard?
hard is offline at present; its last recording was 11 days 5 hours ago.
In the rankings of Rust servers, where is hard placed?
The rank for hard is #12,998 on seven-day player hours, in the top 60% of ranked servers.
Tags, lists
Where does hard appear among the Rust Census lists and filters?
Included in these Rust Census lists is hard: Community servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
The tags on hard: what do they indicate?
Read by the game's server browser, hard publishes these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival play, in the standard Rust format; mp2 (Max players): 2 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, which is the game's default limit; v2634 (Protocol): To connect, your game version must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): The server runs game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Networking is handled by RakNet, which the game uses by default; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and the world's creation time, which appear at the top of this page.
Rules, map
Which map is in use on hard?
A procedural map runs on hard, generated by the game.
On hard, what rules and settings are in force?
No gather rate is given in the name of hard. The default applies: groups are capped at 8 players. survival is the game mode recorded, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting other players and raiding are allowed. It appears under Community in the server browser. The server runs VAC, Valve's anti-cheat.
Join details
How can you connect to hard?
You can open the console in Rust with F1 and enter client.connect 178.158.214.251:28015; or press Launch Rust and join on this page, and you are connected through Steam.
11. Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means: a glossary.
Published asmp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust | Game mode Survival play, in the standard Rust format. |
|---|---|
mp2 | Max players 2 slots are available. |
ts8 | Group limit 8 per team, which is the game's default limit. |
v2634 | Protocol To connect, your game version must match protocol 2634. |
cs167781 | Build The server runs game build 167781. |
ptrak | Networking Networking is handled by RakNet, which the game uses by default. |
$r? | Region code No region code is set. |
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.