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RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests

Online, with 2 of 50 players on; ranked #1,456 of every public Rust server, the top 7%. It last wiped 13d ago.

Filed under teams off biweekly wipes moddedcarbonpvehardcore
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2/ 50 players now 4% full
47-day averagepeak 13
#1,456ranktop 7% · #218 in NA
13d agolast wipebiweekly schedule
7d 5hnext wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The crowd

Players

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

AveragePeak
0246814:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

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

02040608014:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00

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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Note: Top 7% of all ranked servers, top 12% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Fixed weekdays.

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 5h. The force wipe · high confidence

28 days usual gap between real wipes
100% on rhythm of its recent wipes
21 wipe-day peak players, last three wipes
0% crowd held else halves by day 7

Coming wipes

  1. 7d 5hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 14d 3hThu 12 Nov, 17:07 UTC
  3. 35d 5hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
  4. 42d 3hThu 10 Dec, 17:07 UTC

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

Thu 15 OctThu 1 OctThu 17 Sep
010203040+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 19, 9 hours in.

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 15 Oct, 17:07 UTC13d ago 19 – running 2
Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW27d ago 21 halved by day 7 14 days 2
Thu 17 Sep, 17:11 UTC41d ago 24 halved by day 7 14 days 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 RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests look like once wipe day arrives?

Recent wipes peaked at 21 players on average. The peak crowd on this wipe came 9 hours after it started. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. The cases that did not hold saw the crowd fall below half by day 7.

When does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests wipe, and how often?

The wipe rhythm on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests is every 4 weeks on Thursday at 17:07 UTC. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that applies to all Rust servers. The world you are playing on now was made 13 days 20 hours ago. Its tags carry an every-two-weeks wipe schedule.

Server

Does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests hold a steady frame rate?

Server fps averaged 57 over 48 hours; the lowest reading was 48. Buildings, deployables and the rest took the entity count as high as 149,369. The highest memory figure was 4,499 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are what players experience as lag.

On what version does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests currently run?

Running on Windows, RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests is on Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The same protocol is required to join, and Steam takes care of updating it.

What does uptime look like for RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests, and is it online?

Right now RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests is up and running. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 3 hours ago. It spent 167 of the last 7 full days' 168 hours up, 99% of the time. On 14 September 2026 is when Rust Insights first saw it.

In which location does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests sit?

With its NA tag, RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests lists itself in North America. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. 64.20.51.155:28080 is where it answers.

Server tags

Which meanings sit behind the tags on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?

When the game's server browser reads RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests, it finds these tags: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules make the game harsher; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots in total; ts0 (Group limit): This server has teams turned off; v2635 (Protocol): To join you need the same version; protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard; $r? (Region code): The region code field is empty; ^b (Biweekly): The wipe cycle is two weeks; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode, as Facepunch defines it: harsher survival and fewer helpers; ^p (PvE): There is no player fighting; the world itself is the danger; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, placing it under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, runs on this server; NA (North America): Its browser listing sits 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 RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests appear?

RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests appears among the following Rust Insights lists: Modded Rust servers, explained, Rust PvE servers, live and North American Rust servers. You will find it on the server list by applying these filters: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Hardcore ^h, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.

Player counts

What does the population of RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests look like?

Of its 50 slots, RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests currently has 2 filled. Over the past week it peaked at 13 and averaged 4 players. Its strongest hour in the past 48 was 22:00 UTC, with an average of 5 players.

How does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?

In North America, RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests is #218; across all ranked servers it is #1,456 on seven-day player hours, in the top 7%.

Settings and rules

What settings and rules apply on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?

Nothing about gather rate is given in the name of RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests. The server does not publish a group limit. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Players may raid and fight one another. It is a Modded entry: plugins or settings modify the game. Carbon is the plugin count it runs. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.

What is the map on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?

The game generates the map on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests: procedural, size 4,800.

Join

How do you connect to RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?

To connect, start Rust and enter client.connect 64.20.51.155:28080 in the console (F1). Or join through Launch Rust on this page, which opens Rust via Steam and connects you.

The small print

Server tags

What each one means.

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^b,^h,NA,^p,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules make the game harsher.
mp50
Max players 50 slots in total.
ts0
Group limit This server has teams turned off.
v2635
Protocol To join you need the same version; protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, Rust's standard.
$r?
Region code The region code field is empty.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly The wipe cycle is two weeks.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Hardcore mode, as Facepunch defines it: harsher survival and fewer helpers.

Gameplay

^p
PvE There is no player fighting; the world itself is the danger.

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, placing it under Modded.
^y
Carbon Carbon, a plugin framework, runs on this server.

Region

NA
North America Its browser listing sits 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.