hard
Offline 178.158.214.251:28015 checked 11d 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 60% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 16 Oct, 11:49 UTC12d 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.
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: Community servers, by the numbers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What do the server tags on hard mean?
These are the tags hard publishes for the browser: gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp2 (Max players): Slots: 2; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2634; cs167781 (Build): It's on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does hard rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last week rank hard at #12,998, within the top 60% of ranked servers.
How many players are on hard right now?
The last sighting of hard was 11 days 10 hours ago, and it is offline now.
About the server
Is hard online, and how reliable is it?
The server hard is not online now; 11 days 10 hours have passed since it was last seen. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 17 September 2026.
Where is hard located?
There is no region from hard. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. Connect at 178.158.214.251:28015.
Which Rust version is hard on?
On Windows, hard runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on hard when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 1 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on hard?
hard's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. A force wipe comes round every month for all Rust servers, with the next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 12 days 11 hours is when the present world was made.
Map and rules
Which map does hard run?
A procedural map is what hard runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on hard?
No gather rate appears in the name of hard. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. the usual game of gathering, building and raiding: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The server browser lists it under Community. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join hard?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 178.158.214.251:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting.