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The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore

Online, with 1 of 100 players on; ranked #3,440 of every public Rust server, the top 15%. It last wiped 28d ago.

Filed under teams off monthly wipes moddedoxidehardcore
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1/ 100 players now 1% full
17-day averagepeak 3
#3,440ranktop 15% · #570 in NA
28d agolast wipemonthly schedule
6d 19hnext wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The crowd

Players

Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.

AveragePeak
0123400:0009:0019:0003:0012:0021:00

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.

01020304000:0009:0019:0003:0012:0021:00

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, measured since 17 Sep. 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.

RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Note: Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 31% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Force wipes only.

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence

4 wipe-day peak players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

  1. 6d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 34d 19hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 3 hours in.

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:12 UTC FW28d ago 4 – 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 same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

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The short version

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe cycle

What does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore look like once wipe day arrives?

At their busiest, its recent wipes drew 4 players on average. 3 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd on the server reached its peak.

On what schedule does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore wipe?

Each month The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore wipes, and only with the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that applies to all Rust servers. This world dates from 28 days 4 hours ago. The tags put wipes at monthly.

Server

How well does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore perform?

Server fps averaged 30 over 48 hours; the lowest reading was 30. Buildings, deployables and the rest took the entity count as high as 98,355. The highest memory figure was 5,116 MB. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.

What Rust version is live on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

The Rust build is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, running on Linux, for The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.

What does uptime look like for The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, and is it online?

The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is currently reachable and online. Going by the uptime figure it gives, its last restart was around 9 hours ago. It spent 166 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 99% of the time. The first record Rust Insights has of it is 13 September 2026.

What location is listed for The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

With its NA tag, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore lists itself in North America. Rust Insights takes the location from what a server says about itself; no check is made of where the machine stands. You can reach it at 51.222.245.218:28015.

Server tags

Which meanings sit behind the tags on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

When the game's server browser reads The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, it finds these tags: gmhardcore (Game mode): The ruleset is hardcore, a harsher one; mp100 (Max players): 100 slots in total; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled here; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes monthly, together with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^h (Hardcore): Fewer helpers and a harsher survival come with Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded; modded (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser files this server under North America. You will find the present player count, the queue and the world's creation time among the tags, and they are displayed at the top of this page.

On which Rust Insights lists does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore appear?

These Rust Insights lists include The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: Modded Rust servers, explained, Zombie servers, listed and explained and North American Rust servers. On the server list, the filters that surface it are Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Population history

How many players are on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore right now?

The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore shows 1 players at the moment, against 100 slots. The seven-day average is 1 players, and the highest point in that week was 3. The busiest point of the last 48 hours fell at 13:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

How does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?

In North America, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is #570; across all ranked servers it is #3,440 on seven-day player hours, in the top 15%.

Rules and settings

What settings and rules apply on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

No gather rate appears in the name of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore. The server does not publish a group limit. You get hardcore as the game mode, The hardest mode Facepunch offers. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. It is a Modded entry: plugins or settings modify the game. It runs plugins, Oxide of them. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched off.

Which map is live on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

A procedural map of size 4,250 is what The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs, generated by the game. The name of its map reads: Procedural.

Connecting

What is the way to join The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 51.222.245.218:28015. You can skip the console by using Launch Rust here, which starts Rust through Steam and connects you. https://therustingdead.com is its website.

The small print

Server tags

What each one means.

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0,^o^z,modded

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode The ruleset is hardcore, a harsher one.
mp100
Max players 100 slots in total.
ts0
Group limit Teams are disabled here.
v2635
Protocol Your game must run the same version to join: the protocol is 2635.
cs168909
Build It runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it.
$r?
Region code The region code field is empty.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes monthly, together with the force wipe from Facepunch.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Fewer helpers and a harsher survival come with Facepunch's hardcore mode.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod).
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded.
modded
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is filed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America The server browser files this server under North America.

Note: 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.