Server profile
hard
Offline, with 1 of 2 players on; ranked #12,998 of every public Rust server, the top 60%. It last wiped 11d ago.
Offline 178.158.214.251:28015 checked 10d ago
The crowd
Players
Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.
Source: every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.
Note: daily average and peak, UTC.
Under the hood
Server performance
Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.
Note: 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.
The standings
Rank
Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.
Note: Top 60% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Too few wipes seen yet.
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe
Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Oct, 11:49 UTC11d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
Note: 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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The short version
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Wipe schedule
What does hard look like once wipe day arrives?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 1 players on average. 0 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd on the server reached its peak.
How often does hard wipe, and on which day?
The record of hard's wipes is too thin yet to show its rhythm. A force wipe falls on every Rust server once a month, and the next one is Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. The world you are playing on now was made 11 days 7 hours ago.
Server details
Which Rust version is hard on?
Running on Windows, hard is on Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
What does uptime look like for hard, and is it online?
hard is offline at the moment; the last time it was seen was 10 days 6 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 0 of 168 hours up, or 0% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 17 September 2026.
Where does hard run from?
No region is published by hard. Rust Insights takes the location from what a server says about itself; no check is made of where the machine stands. 178.158.214.251:28015 is where it answers.
Tags
What is meant by each tag on hard?
The tags gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp2 (Max players): It holds 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The game default applies: teams cap at 8; v2634 (Protocol): To join you need the same version; protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): Build 167781 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set are what hard publishes, and the server browser in the game reads them. The tags also hold the current player count, the queue and when the world was created, all of which appear at the top of this page.
Which Rust Insights filters and lists feature hard?
The Rust Insights lists that carry hard are Best Rust community servers. 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; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Population history
How many players are on hard right now, and how does that number move?
hard was last seen 10 days 6 hours ago and is offline right now.
How does hard compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?
Player hours over seven days put hard at #12,998, within the top 60% of the ranked field.
Settings and rules
What are the settings and rules for hard?
Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of hard. No group limit is set, so the game's default of 8 players applies. survival is the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. PvP and raiding are both enabled. The server browser lists it under Community. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.
Which map is live on hard?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what hard runs.
Connecting
How do you connect to hard?
Type client.connect 178.158.214.251:28015 into the console, which you open with F1 in Rust. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job by opening Rust through Steam.