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Hillside Exiles | Lobby

Online NA 167.114.158.11:28045 checked 9m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,327top 69% · #1502 in NA
RegionNANA · group 8, the default
Last wipe27d agono schedule published
Next wipe7d 1hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123418:0003:0012:0022:0007:0016:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 81% 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 1h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 1hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 1hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 4 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:51 UTC FW27d ago 1 – 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.

Lists and tags

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

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Hillside Exiles | Lobby: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Minigames ^e, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

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

These are the tags Hillside Exiles | Lobby publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; 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): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^e (Minigames): This server runs minigames: arenas, Bedwars, parkour and others; ^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): 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.

The players

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

For the last seven days of player hours, Hillside Exiles | Lobby sits at #15,327, inside the top 69% of ranked servers and at #1,502 in North America.

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

Hillside Exiles | Lobby is holding 0 players, with 50 slots in total. Across the past week it drew an average of 0 players.

About the server

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

Hillside Exiles | Lobby is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 6 days 20 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Does Hillside Exiles | Lobby run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 239, with 216 as the lowest. At its peak it held 211 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 674 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Hillside Exiles | Lobby located?

In North America, Hillside Exiles | Lobby lists itself with its NA tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 167.114.158.11:28045.

Which Rust version is Hillside Exiles | Lobby on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Hillside Exiles | Lobby runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

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

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 4 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Hillside Exiles | Lobby?

Wipes on Hillside Exiles | Lobby come once a month, alongside the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 27 days 22 hours is when the present world was made.

Rules and settings

Which map does Hillside Exiles | Lobby run?

Generated by the game with seed 2126893042, the map on Hillside Exiles | Lobby 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 | Lobby?

No gather rate appears in the name of Hillside Exiles | Lobby. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. battle royale, arenas, parkour and Bedwars: that is the minigames & battle royale mode. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Hillside Exiles | Lobby?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 167.114.158.11:28045. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://hillsiderust.com.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^e,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp50
Max players Slots: 50.
ts8
Group limit Teams cap at 8, which is the game default.
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 The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Gameplay

^e
Minigames This server runs minigames: arenas, Bedwars, parkour and others.

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 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.