Hard
162.222.17.4:30031 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 22 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 16 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 16:40 UTC10d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 11:22 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | 1.2 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 12:22 UTC12d ago | 1 | – | 1 days | 1 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 05:28 UTC13d ago | 1 | – | 0.3 days | 0 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 06:07 UTC22d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 9 days | 0 |
| Fri 4 Sep, 16:17 UTC39d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 17.6 days | 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.
Similar servers
Quick answers
Server rules
Which settings and rules apply on Hard?
There is no gather rate in the name Hard. 16 players is the most a group can hold. pve is the game mode, other players cannot be fought. Plugins or settings change the game, and it is listed under Modded in the server browser. It runs plugins: Carbon. VAC is off, Valve's anti-cheat.
What is the map on Hard?
The game generates the procedural map of size 4,500 that Hard runs. The name of its map: Custom Map.
Population
How many players are on Hard?
The current count for Hard is 0 players. The average player count for the last seven days is 0.
What position does Hard hold in the server rankings?
For player hours over the last week, Hard is #15,948, which puts it in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
Server tags
Who is behind Hard?
A japantokyo.jp hostname is published by Hard, and by 3 other servers we track, so the same operator most likely runs them.
What do Hard's tags indicate?
For the game's server browser, Hard publishes these tags: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust mode; mp0 (Max players): The server has 0 slots; ts16 (Group limit): Each team can have up to 16 players; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167231 (Build): It runs build 167231; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left unset; ^p (PvE): Player combat is off; the world provides the danger; ^z (Modded): The Modded listing means plugins or settings have changed the game; ^y (Carbon): This server uses Carbon for plugins. Also in the tags: its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Zerg Life filters and lists cover Hard?
These Rust Zerg Life lists include Hard: Modded Rust servers for clans and zergs and Best Rust PvE servers. Under these filters it shows on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server details
What is the uptime and reliability of Hard?
Right now, Hard is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 days 6 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, uptime was 96%: 162 hours up out of 168. Its first appearance in Rust Zerg Life records is 13 September 2026.
Is Hard smooth to play on?
It averaged 30 server fps over the last 48 hours, and the lowest it got was 29. It reached a maximum of 139,377 entities, covering buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. The maximum memory it used was 12,115 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
What Rust version is Hard on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231 is what Hard runs, on Linux. You can only join if your game uses the same protocol, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What location does Hard use?
There is no region published by Hard. Rust Zerg Life displays the location a server claims, not where the machine actually stands. Connect to it at 162.222.17.4:30031.
Wipe schedule
What happens on wipe day on Hard?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 1 players. On the latest wipe, 16 hours after the wipe, the crowd hit its peak. The crowd kept above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. If not, the crowd fell below half by day 1.5.
When does Hard wipe?
There is no next wipe to predict: Hard wipes at irregular times. Next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC: the monthly force wipe that every Rust server gets. The world in play right now was made 10 days 19 hours ago.
Join the server
What steps do I take to join Hard?
Enter client.connect 162.222.17.4:30031 in the F1 console. Another way: use Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
Published as mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^p,gmrust,cs167231,ts16
Game
gmrust
mp0
ts16
v2634
cs167231
ptrak
$r?
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^z
^y
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.