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Hillside Exiles | KOTH

Online NA 167.114.158.11:28025 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 16 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,423top 69% · #1541 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe26d agono schedule published
Next wipe8d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123413:0022:0007:0017:0002:0011:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040013:0022:0007:0017:0002:0011:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 82% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 6h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 6hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
36d 6hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

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

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:36 UTC FW26d ago 0 – running 0

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 interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Who runs Hillside Exiles | KOTH?

A hillsiderust.com hostname is published by Hillside Exiles | KOTH and by 3 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Hillside Exiles | KOTH?

You'll find Hillside Exiles | KOTH on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live, The battlefield crowd, counted and North America: who's hot right now. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Minigames ^e, Battlefield ^i, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on Hillside Exiles | KOTH mean?

These are the tags Hillside Exiles | KOTH publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp16 (Max players): There are 16 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^e (Minigames): Minigames here: arenas, Bedwars, parkour and more; ^i (Battlefield): Kits and high rates drive fast PvP here; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Hillside Exiles | KOTH rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Hillside Exiles | KOTH sits at #15,423, inside the top 69% of ranked servers and at #1,541 in North America.

How many players are on Hillside Exiles | KOTH right now?

Hillside Exiles | KOTH is holding 0 players, with 16 slots in total. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.

Server facts

Is Hillside Exiles | KOTH online, and how reliable is it?

Hillside Exiles | KOTH is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 5 days 15 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 168, a 100% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Hillside Exiles | KOTH run smoothly?

The 48-hour average was 240 server fps, with a low of 240. The world carried as many as 1,365 entities, including buildings and deployables. Up to 650 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Hillside Exiles | KOTH located?

With its NA tag, Hillside Exiles | KOTH lists itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. You'll find it at 167.114.158.11:28025.

Which Rust version is Hillside Exiles | KOTH on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Hillside Exiles | KOTH runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe days

What happens on Hillside Exiles | KOTH when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on Hillside Exiles | KOTH?

Hillside Exiles | KOTH wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 26 days 17 hours is when the present world was made.

Map and rules

Which map does Hillside Exiles | KOTH run?

The procedural map on Hillside Exiles | KOTH measures 1,000 and comes from the game with seed 1716661203. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map. The map name, as written, is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Hillside Exiles | KOTH?

The name of Hillside Exiles | KOTH says nothing about gather rate. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. parkour, battle royale, Bedwars and arenas: that is the minigames & battle royale mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.

Join up

How do I join Hillside Exiles | KOTH?

Enter client.connect 167.114.158.11:28025 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. For more, see https://hillsiderust.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp16,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^e,^i,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Survival, standard Rust style.
mp16
Max players There are 16 slots.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Gameplay

^e
Minigames Minigames here: arenas, Bedwars, parkour and more.
^i
Battlefield Kits and high rates drive fast PvP here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it sits under North America.

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.