Hard
177.185.237.172:28015 checked 5d ago
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
Top 50% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 5hThu 5 Nov, 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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9 Oct, 00:53 UTC 5d ago | 1 | – | running | 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.
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Quick answers
Population
How busy is Hard?
Right now Hard is offline; the last sighting was 5 days 11 hours ago. A seven-day average of 1 players, with a peak of 1.
How does Hard rank against other Rust servers?
For player hours in the last seven days, Hard holds rank #11,169 and is in the top 50% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What does wipe day look like on Hard?
The busiest points of its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 1 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaks.
What is the wipe schedule on Hard?
A single monthly wipe, the force wipe, is all Hard runs. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that clears every Rust server. 5 days 12 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Server
Is Hard online, and how reliable is it?
Right now Hard is offline, with the most recent sighting 5 days 11 hours ago. In the last 5 full days, it was up for 2 of 120 hours, or 2% of the time. The earliest record When Is Wipe has is 8 October 2026.
Which version of Rust does Hard run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231 on Windows is what Hard runs. Steam updates your game, so the protocol matches when you join.
Where is Hard located?
There is no region published for Hard. What When Is Wipe shows is where a server says it is, not where the machine stands, which it does not look up. 177.185.237.172:28015 is its address.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include Hard? And filters?
These When Is Wipe lists include Hard: Best modded Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on Hard mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags Hard publishes: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is a vanilla survival server; mp100 (Max players): The server holds 100 players; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, the game's default; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2634; a version mismatch blocks joining; cs167231 (Build): The game build is 167231; ptrak (Networking): This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set for this server; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section. The tags also hold its population now, its queue and when its world was made, all shown at the top of this page.
Map and rules
What rules does Hard enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in Hard's name. Under the default setting, groups are limited to 8 players. standard survival: gathering, building, raiding That is the game mode: survival. You can fight and raid other players. In the Modded list, the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, on.
Which map does Hard run?
Hard uses a procedural map from the game's generator.
Join
How do I join Hard?
Press F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 177.185.237.172:28015 in the console. You can also use Launch Rust here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmvanilla,cs167231,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla- Game mode This is a vanilla survival server.
mp100- Max players The server holds 100 players.
ts8- Group limit The team limit is 8, the game's default.
v2634- Protocol The server runs game protocol 2634; a version mismatch blocks joining.
cs167231- Build The game build is 167231.
ptrak- Networking This server uses RakNet, the game's usual network layer.
$r?- Region code A region code is not set for this server.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Monthly wipes apply, aligned with the force wipe.
Mods and access
^o- Oxide The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod).
^z- Modded Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section.
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.