hard
178.158.214.251:28015 checked 27d 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
daily · 1 is bestWipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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
Server rules
Which settings and rules apply on hard?
You will not find a gather rate in the name hard. Up to 8 players can group, which is the game's default. survival is its mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players here. You will find it under Community in the server browser. VAC is on, Valve's anti-cheat.
What is the map on hard?
Generated by the game: the procedural map on hard.
Population
How full is hard?
At present, hard is offline and its last appearance was 27 days 12 hours ago.
What is hard's ranking?
For player hours over the last week, hard is #15,502, which puts it in the top – of all ranked servers.
Server tags
What is the meaning of the tags on hard?
The game's server browser reads these tags from hard: gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival gameplay; mp2 (Max players): The server has 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams max out at 8—the default setting for Rust; v2633 (Protocol): You'll need protocol 2633 on your game to join; cs162929 (Build): The game build is 162929; ptrak (Networking): Standard RakNet networking is in use here; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. At the top of this page you see its players now, its queue and the time its world was made, which are in the tags too.
Which Rust Zerg Life filters and lists cover hard?
The Rust Zerg Life lists that include hard are Rust community servers for clans. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server info
What is the uptime and reliability of hard?
No sign of hard at present: it was last seen 27 days 12 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, uptime was 0%: 0 hours up out of 168. The first time Rust Zerg Life saw it was on 17 September 2026.
Which Rust build does hard use?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 162929 is what hard runs, on Windows. You can only join if your game uses the same protocol, and Steam takes care of updating it.
Where can you find hard?
There is no region published by hard. The location shown by Rust Zerg Life is what a server says; it does not check where the machine stands. Connect to it at 178.158.214.251:28015.
Wipe cycle
How often does hard wipe, and on what days?
With so few wipes on record for hard, its pattern is not yet clear. Come Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the monthly force wipe arrives for every Rust server. The world it is running now dates from 40 days 8 hours ago.
Join the server
How can I connect to hard?
You can join by opening the console with F1 and typing client.connect 178.158.214.251:28015. Or hit Launch Rust on this page to open Rust through Steam and connect.
Server tags
Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs162929,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp2
ts8
v2633
cs162929
ptrak
$r?
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.