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RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests
Key points
- 3 of 50 players are on now, 6% full.
- Over the last seven days it averages 5 players, with a peak of 13.
- It ranks #1,448, the top 7% of all ranked servers, and #217 in NA.
- The current map has been up 13d 12h, since Thursday 15 October, 17:07 UTC, on a biweekly schedule.
- The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, in 7d 13h, with the force wipe.
Live coverage
newest first · every post is a reading of this serverEmbedded chart
Players on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
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Rank #1,448 today
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 7% of all ranked servers, top 12% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Coming up · wipe schedule
Next wipe in 7d 13h
fixed weekdays
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 14d 11hThu 12 Nov, 17:07 UTC
- 35d 13hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
- 42d 11hThu 10 Dec, 17:07 UTC
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 19, 9 hours in.
Wipes
newest firstThe current map
Wipe peaks at 19 players
Thursday 15 October 2026, 17:07 UTC
- Peak
- 19
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 2
Force wipe
Force wipe peaks at 21 players
Thursday 1 October 2026, 17:40 UTC FW
- Peak
- 21
- Crowd
- halved by day 7
- Lasted
- 14 days
- Players before
- 2
Wipe
Wipe peaks at 24 players
Thursday 17 September 2026, 17:11 UTC
- Peak
- 24
- Crowd
- halved by day 7
- Lasted
- 14 days
- Players before
- 0
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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What happens on wipe day at RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
Recent wipes on this server averaged a peak of 21 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 9 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the other cases it dropped under half by day 7.
How often does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests wipe, and at what times?
RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests runs a every 4 weeks on Thursday at 17:07 UTC wipe pattern. Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC brings the force wipe, its next wipe and one that hits every Rust server. The world you are playing on was built 13 days 12 hours. Wipes every two weeks: that is the schedule its tags publish.
Tags and categories
Where does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests appear in Rust Live Stats lists and filters?
The Rust Live Stats lists that include RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests are Modded Rust servers live now, Rust PvE servers, live now and North America Rust servers, live. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Hardcore ^h, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
How should you read the tags on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
The server browser reads gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore, the harsher ruleset, applies here; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts0 (Group limit): This server switches teams off; v2635 (Protocol): Join only if your game is on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the standard the game uses; $r? (Region code): The server sets no region code; ^b (Biweekly): Expect a wipe each two weeks; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode: Facepunch's harsher survival, with fewer helpers; ^p (PvE): The world is the danger here; players do not fight each other; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or changed settings alter the game; ^y (Carbon): The plugins run through Carbon; NA (North America): The server browser places this server under North America, which RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests publishes. The current player count, the queue and the world's creation time also sit in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Player numbers
What is the current population on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests is carrying 3 players at the moment, with 50 slots in total. Averaged across seven days, 5 players; the peak was 13. The busiest hour in the past 48 was 22:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.
Where does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests sit in the server rankings?
RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests is #217 in North America on the past week's player hours, and #1,448 overall in the top 7% of ranked servers.
Rules and settings
What settings and rules does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests run?
Nothing in the name of RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests states a gather rate. It lists no limit on group size. It runs hardcore, The hardest mode Facepunch makes. Raiding and player combat are both permitted. Plugins or settings change the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin load is Carbon. VAC is enabled: Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map is in use on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests runs a game-generated procedural map of size 4,800.
About the server
Which region is RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests hosted in?
By its own NA tag, RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests sits in North America. Where the machine stands is not checked by Rust Live Stats; only the location a server states is shown. 64.20.51.155:28080 is its address.
How well does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests perform?
Server fps averaged 57 over the last 48 hours, with a low of 48. It supported up to 149,185 entities, covering buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 4,369 MB. Lag, as players feel it, comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
What Rust version is RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests on?
The setup on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 with Windows. Steam updates it for you, but your game needs the same protocol to join.
How reliable is RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests, and is it online at the moment?
RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests is up and running at this moment. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 18 hours ago. It was online for 167 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. On 14 September 2026, Rust Live Stats saw it for the first time.
How to join
What is the way to connect to RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
Use Launch Rust and join on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect, or start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 64.20.51.155:28080.
