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Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag

Online NA 167.114.158.11:28035 checked 3h ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 16 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,323top 69% · #1529 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe7d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123421:0006:0015:0023:0008:0017:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

010020030040021:0006:0015:0023:0008:0017:00

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 7d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 22hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 22hThu 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, 18:35 UTC FW27d 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

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Lists and tags

Who runs Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag and 3 other servers we track publish a hillsiderust.com hostname, which points to one operator behind them.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag: Modded Rust servers, live, The battlefield crowd, counted and North America: who's hot right now. It appears under these filters 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 | Capture the Flag mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp16 (Max players): Slots: 16; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^e (Minigames): This server runs minigames: arenas, Bedwars, parkour and others; ^i (Battlefield): Kits and high rates drive fast PvP here; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How does Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag sits at #15,323, inside the top 69% of ranked servers and at #1,529 in North America.

How many players are on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag right now?

The current tally at Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag: 0 players across 16 slots. The seven-day average sits at 0 players.

About the server

Is Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag online, and how reliable is it?

Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag is live at the moment. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 5 days 20 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 100%, with 168 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 240, with 240 as the lowest. At its peak it held 14 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Memory use peaked at 695 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag located?

With its NA tag, Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag lists itself in North America. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 167.114.158.11:28035.

Which Rust version is Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag on?

On Linux, Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

Wipes on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag come once a month, alongside the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. Its current world has been live for 27 days 1 hours.

The rules

Which map does Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag run?

Generated by the game with seed 777704184, the map on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag is procedural and 1,000 in size. RustMaps has it from this page, since identical size and seed give an identical map. Custom Map is how the map name reads.

What are the rules and settings on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

No gather rate appears in the name of Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. It runs minigames & battle royale, parkour, battle royale, Bedwars and arenas. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 167.114.158.11:28035. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at 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 Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp16
Max players Slots: 16.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code has been set.

Gameplay

^e
Minigames This server runs minigames: arenas, Bedwars, parkour and others.
^i
Battlefield Kits and high rates drive fast PvP here.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it 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.