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hard

178.158.221.43:28015 checked 3d ago

Release date
Next release
In five minutes (12:15 UTC)
Source
Live server queries
Server address
178.158.221.43:28015
First recorded
20 October 2026

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1. Main points

Players now

0/ 2

0% full

7-day average

0

peak –

Rank

#15,405

top 69%

Last wipe

11d ago

no schedule published

Next wipe

–

no wipe seen yet

Main points

  • The server is offline; at its last check there were 0 players on it, 0% of its 2 slots.
  • It ranks #15,405 of all ranked servers, the top 69%, on player hours over the last seven days.
  • Its current map went up 11d ago.

2. Players

Figure 1: Players on hard

Players now and over time, UTC

No hourly history yet.

Hourly 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

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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

RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Oct21 Oct23 Oct24 Oct26 Oct27 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Source: Live server queries, Rust Census

5. Wipe schedule

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

6. Wipes

Table 1: Wipes, newest first

Every wipe seen on this server

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

Notes

  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.
  2. 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 4: Map of hard

No map picture published

Table 2: The world

As the server publishes it

MapProcedural Map
Size–
Seed–

8. Server characteristics

Table 3: Characteristics of hard

What the server publishes and what was recorded

Address178.158.221.43:28015
Region–
Max players2
Group limit8, the default
Wipe schedule–
Last wipe16 Oct 2026, 11:49 UTC
Hostname–
First seen20 Oct 2026

9. Similar servers

Table 4: Servers like this one

The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes

ServerCharacteristicsPlayers
Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 515 on average528 / 625
Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 338 on average32 / 250
Rusty Moose |EU Main|EU · groups of 12+ · weekly · 335 on average54 / 250
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 317 on average274 / 325
Rustoria.co - EU East MediumEU · groups of 12+ · biweekly · 279 on average109 / 200
Rustafied.com - EU FridayEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 262 on average121 / 150

10. Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe schedule

This release records the wipe timetable for hard: what is it?

Too few wipes of hard are on record to establish its rhythm. 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 11 days 11 hours.

Server details

How reliable is hard, and is it online now?

The latest count records hard as offline, last seen 3 days 10 hours ago. 1 of 144 hours on across the last 6 full days gives an uptime of 1%. First recorded by Rust Census on 20 October 2026.

In which location is hard based?

No region is published by hard. Where a server says it is is what Rust Census shows; where the machine stands is not looked up. At 178.158.221.43:28015 it is addressed.

On which Rust version does hard operate?

Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is the version hard runs. Steam updates your game for you, but it has to be on the same protocol to join.

Player counts

What population has been recorded on hard?

The last count for hard was 3 days 10 hours ago; it is offline at present. Averaged across seven days, the count is 0 players.

What position does hard hold in the server rankings?

The rank for hard is #15,405 on seven-day player hours, in the top 69% of ranked servers.

Tags, lists

On Rust Census, which lists and filters carry hard?

These Rust Census lists include hard: Community servers. Under these filters it comes up 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?

These are the tags hard publishes for the game's server browser to read: gmrust (Game mode): Survival play, in the standard Rust format; mp2 (Max players): The server holds 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2634 to join; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781 is installed; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is used, the standard network layer of the game; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been 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.

Settings and 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 recorded for hard in its name. The group cap stands at 8 players, the default for the game. survival is the game mode recorded, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Fighting other players and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat is active: VAC, Valve's system, is on.

How to join

What is the way to join hard?

Enter client.connect 178.158.221.43:28015 in Rust's console, opened with F1. Alternatively, use Launch Rust and join here: Steam opens the game and connects you.

11. Server tags

What each tag this server publishes means: a glossary.

Published asmp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8

Game

gmrustGame mode Survival play, in the standard Rust format.
mp2Max players The server holds 2 slots.
ts8Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default the game ships with.
v2634Protocol Your game must run protocol 2634 to join.
cs167781Build Build 167781 is installed.
ptrakNetworking RakNet is used, the standard network layer of the game.
$r?Region code A region code has not been 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.