Hard
Offline 177.185.237.172:28015 checked 20d ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 62% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 9h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9 Oct, 00:53 UTC20d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Hard?
You'll find Hard on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on Hard mean?
These are the tags Hard publishes for the browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2634; cs167231 (Build): Game build: 167231; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does Hard rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank Hard at #13,628, within the top 62% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Hard right now?
The last sighting of Hard was 20 days 7 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server details
Is Hard online, and how reliable is it?
Down at the moment: Hard was last seen 20 days 7 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 0, a 0% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 8 October 2026.
Where is Hard located?
No region is published by Hard. 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 177.185.237.172:28015.
Which Rust version is Hard on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231 is the version Hard runs on Windows. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Hard when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 1 players at their busiest. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 1 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on Hard?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for Hard, tied to the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it is running now dates from 20 days 8 hours. Its tags commit to wipes each month.
Rules and settings
Which map does Hard run?
Hard uses a procedural map, which the game generates.
What are the rules and settings on Hard?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Hard. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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 Hard?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 177.185.237.172:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.