Offline178.158.214.251:28015checked 27d ago
hard
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 bestWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
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 wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageRules, map and settings
What are the server rules for hard?
The name of hard does not state a gather rate. The group limit is the game's default of 8 players. survival is the game mode, gather, build, raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. It appears in the Community section of the server browser as a community server. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.
Which map is running on hard?
A procedural map is what hard runs, generated by the game.
Server tags
Where can hard be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?
These Rust Player Count lists include hard: Best Rust PvE servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is the meaning of the tags on hard?
The game's server browser reads these tags from hard: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival experience; mp2 (Max players): Capacity: 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team, which is what the game sets by default; v2633 (Protocol): Your game version needs to be on protocol 2633 to connect; cs162929 (Build): Build number: 162929; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the game's default networking; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty. The tags also include its current players, its queue and when its world was made, shown at the top of this page.
Player count
How many players does hard have?
Currently offline, hard was last seen 27 days ago.
What position does hard hold among Rust servers?
hard is in the top – of all ranked servers with a rank of #15,502 for player hours over the past seven days.
About the server
What is the uptime and reliability of hard?
Currently offline, hard was last seen 27 days ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours. Rust Player Count recorded it for the first time on 17 September 2026.
What Rust version is used on hard?
On Windows, hard runs Rust network protocol 2633 and build 162929. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.
What region does hard serve?
There is no region published by hard. Rust Player Count displays the location a server claims, not the physical location of the machine. It is located at 178.158.214.251:28015.
Wipe schedule
How often does hard wipe?
The rhythm of wipes on hard cannot be told yet, since too few are on record. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe applies to all Rust servers. The present world dates from 39 days 21 hours ago.
How to join
How can I connect to hard?
To get in, press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 178.158.214.251:28015. You can also click Launch Rust here, which opens the game through Steam and brings you onto the server.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs162929,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp2
ts8
v2633
cs162929
ptrak
$r?
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.