The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore
Online NA 51.222.245.218:28015 checked 12m 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, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 16% of all ranked servers, top 31% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 7h. 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 4, 3 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:12 UTC FW27d ago | 4 | – | 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 The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
These Rust Pop Watch lists include The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust zombie servers, by the numbers and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What do the server tags on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled on this server; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; 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; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode from Facepunch means harsher survival and fewer helpers; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; modded (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Population
How does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore sits at #3,455, inside the top 16% of ranked servers and at #572 in North America.
How many players are on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore right now?
0 players are on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore at the moment, out of 100 slots. Averaging 1 players across seven days, it topped out at 3. Look at 13:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 2 players on average.
Server details
Is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore online, and how reliable is it?
As of now, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is online. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 21 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 166 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 30 server fps, with a low of 30. Entities reached a maximum of 98,355: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 5,116 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore located?
The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore uses its NA tag to list 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 51.222.245.218:28015.
Which Rust version is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore on?
On Linux, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
What happens on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore when wipe day comes around?
Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 4 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 3 hours in.
What is the wipe schedule on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Wipes on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore come once a month, alongside the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 27 days 17 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.
Map and rules
Which map does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore run?
The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs a procedural map of 4,250, made by the game. On the map name: Procedural.
What are the rules and settings on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore. Nothing on group size is published here. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Players can raid and fight one another. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings change the game. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is off.
Getting in
How do I join The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Enter client.connect 51.222.245.218:28015 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://therustingdead.com.