The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore
NA 51.222.245.218:28015 checked 12m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 32% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 4 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 21d 17hThu 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 4, 3 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:12 UTCFW 13d ago | 4 | – | running | 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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Quick answers
Player counts
How busy is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
2 of 100 slots on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore are filled right now. The past seven days show 1 players on average and 3 at peak. In the last 48 hours, 08:00 UTC drew the highest average: 3 players.
How does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore rank against other Rust servers?
For player hours in the last seven days, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore holds rank #3,315 worldwide, #587 in North America, and is in the top 15% of all ranked servers.
Wipe times
What does wipe day look like on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
The busiest points of its recent wipes drew 4 players on average. 3 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd peaks.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Once a month, at the force wipe, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore wipes. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that clears every Rust server. The map has been running for 13 days 6 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Server details
Is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore online, and how reliable is it?
Right now The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is up and online. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 11 hours ago. In the last 7 full days, it was up for 144 of 168 hours, or 86% of the time. Its first appearance in When Is Wipe data was 13 September 2026.
Performance of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: does it run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, average server fps was 30, and it never dropped below 30. At its peak it held 96,227 entities, which covers buildings, deployables and all other objects in the world. The peak memory usage was 5,425 MB. Low fps together with an increasing entity count is what players call lag.
Which version of Rust does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore run?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs. Your game must match the protocol to connect, and Steam keeps it updated.
Where is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore located?
With its NA tag, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore lists itself in North America. When Is Wipe does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 51.222.245.218:28015.
Lists and tags
Which When Is Wipe lists include The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore? And filters?
These When Is Wipe lists include The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: Best modded Rust servers, Rust servers named for zombies and Rust servers in North America. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore mean?
These are the tags The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): The ruleset is hardcore, which is harsher; mp100 (Max players): The server holds 100 players; ts0 (Group limit): This server has teams turned off; v2634 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2634; a version mismatch blocks joining; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): A region code is not set for this server; ^m (Monthly): It wipes monthly, together with the force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore: the harsher Facepunch mode, with fewer helpers; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section; modded (Modded): Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. At the top of this page you can see its current players, queue and world creation time, which are in the tags too.
Rules, map
What rules does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore enforce? And settings?
No gather rate appears in The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore's name. No group limit is given. On this server, the mode is hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. You can fight and raid other players. Listed as Modded, it uses plugins or settings that change the game. Plugins: Oxide. VAC is off.
Which map does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore run?
Size 4,250: the procedural map on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is generated by the game. On the map name: Procedural.
How to join
How do I join The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 51.222.245.218:28015 in the console. Alternatively, use Launch Rust on this page to open the game via Steam and connect. The address for its site is https://therustingdead.com.
Server tags
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs167781,ts0,^o^z,modded
Game
gmhardcore- Game mode The ruleset is hardcore, which is harsher.
mp100- Max players The server holds 100 players.
ts0- Group limit This server has teams turned off.
v2634- Protocol The server runs game protocol 2634; a version mismatch blocks joining.
cs167781- Build The game build is 167781.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use here, as standard for the game.
$r?- Region code A region code is not set for this server.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly It wipes monthly, together with the force wipe.
Difficulty
^h- Hardcore Hardcore: the harsher Facepunch mode, with fewer helpers.
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.
modded- Modded Plugins or modified settings put this server in the Modded section.
Region
NA- North America In the server browser it sits under North America.
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.