The count
Live coverage · Rust server
Hard
Offline Hard is not on the server list right now. The figures below are from when it was last seen, 20d ago.
Key points
- 1 of 100 players are on at the last check, 1% full.
- Over the last seven days it averages 0 players.
- It ranks #13,628, the top 62% of all ranked servers.
- The current map has been up 20d 6h, since Friday 9 October, 00:53 UTC, on a monthly schedule.
- The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, in 7d 11h, with the force wipe.
Live coverage
newest first · every post is a reading of this serverEmbedded chart
Players on Hard
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Embedded chart
How the server is running
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.
Embedded chart
Rank #13,628 today
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 62% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Coming up · wipe schedule
Next wipe in 7d 11h
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 11h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 11hThu 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, 1 hours in.
Wipes
newest firstThe current map
Wipe peaks at 1 player
Friday 9 October 2026, 00:53 UTC
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 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 wipesQuick answers
from the figures on this pageWipe days
What happens on wipe day at Hard?
Recent wipes on this server averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. Peak population on the latest wipe came 1 hours after it.
On what timetable does Hard wipe?
The monthly force wipe is the only wipe Hard takes. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. This world dates from 20 days 6 hours. The tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Tags and categories
Which Rust Live Stats filters and lists does Hard show up in?
These are the Rust Live Stats lists Hard fits: Modded Rust servers live now. Under the filters Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly it appears on the server list.
How should you read the tags on Hard?
The server browser reads gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): Slots: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams stop at 8, the default the game ships with; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs protocol 2634, so match that version to join; cs167231 (Build): Build: 167231; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer — the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set here; ^m (Monthly): It wipes with Facepunch's force wipe, once each month; ^o (Oxide): It runs the plugin framework Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it is Modded, which Hard publishes. Players now, queue length and world creation time are carried in the tags too, and appear at the top of this page.
Population
How many players are on Hard right now?
Hard reads offline at the moment; the last sighting was 20 days 5 hours ago.
What position does Hard hold among Rust servers?
Ranked by seven-day player hours, Hard is #13,628, placing it in the top 62% of ranked servers.
Settings and map
What settings and rules does Hard run?
Nothing in the name of Hard states a gather rate. No custom limit is set, so groups hold the default 8 players. It runs survival, the standard game: gather, build, raid. Raiding and player combat are both permitted. Plugins or settings change the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin load is Oxide. Anti-cheat: VAC from Valve is enabled.
Which map is in use on Hard?
A procedural map, generated by the game, runs on Hard.
About the server
Where does Hard sit geographically?
No region is published by Hard. The location shown on Rust Live Stats is the one a server gives, not a lookup of the machine's position. Connect to 177.185.237.172:28015.
What version of Rust is running on Hard?
The setup on Hard is Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231 with Windows. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.
Is Hard up now, and how steady is its uptime?
As of now, Hard is offline; the last sighting was 20 days 5 hours ago. 0 of 168 hours were online in the last 7 full days, giving 0% uptime. Rust Live Stats has tracked it since 8 October 2026.
How to join
How do you get onto Hard?
Use Launch Rust and join on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 177.185.237.172:28015.