Server profile
hard
Offline, with 0 of 2 players on; ranked #15,348 of every public Rust server, the top 69%. It last wiped 12d ago.
Offline 178.158.221.43:28015 checked 4d 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 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
The wipe cycle
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The record
Wipes
Every wipe we saw, newest first.
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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 cycle
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. 12 days 9 hours have passed since its current world was created.
About the server
Which Rust version is hard on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is what hard runs. 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?
The last sighting of hard was 4 days 9 hours ago, and it is offline at present. It spent 1 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 1% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 20 October 2026.
Where does hard run from?
A region is not published by hard. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. Connect through 178.158.221.43:28015.
Lists and tags
Which meanings sit behind the tags on hard?
These tags come from hard and are read by the game's server browser: 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): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2634; cs167781 (Build): The game build is 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet handles the network layer, as it does by default; $r? (Region code): No region code is set. 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.
Where does hard turn up among the Rust Insights lists and filters?
These Rust Insights lists include hard: Best Rust community servers. On the server list, the filters that surface it are Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Population
What does the population of hard look like?
hard was last seen 4 days 9 hours ago and is offline right now. A seven-day average of 0 players puts the last week in context.
In the ranking of Rust servers, where does hard place?
Player hours over seven days put hard at #15,348, within the top 69% of the ranked field.
Settings and rules
What settings and rules apply on hard?
Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of hard. Groups can reach 8 players, which is the default in the game. You get survival as the game mode, the standard game: gather, build, raid. PvP and raiding are both enabled. You will find it listed under Community in the server browser. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.
Which map is live on hard?
The game generates the map on hard, which is procedural.
Connecting
How can you get onto hard?
Type client.connect 178.158.221.43:28015 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.