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Dead Man Rust HardCore

Online NA 66.51.99.44:28010 checked 10m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#13,528top 61% · #1421 in NA
RegionNANA · group teams off
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75107:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

02040608007:0016:0001:0010:0020:0005:00

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 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 61% of all ranked servers, top 76% 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 12h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 12hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 12hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 11 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:17 UTC FW27d ago 2 – 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.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Dead Man Rust HardCore?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include Dead Man Rust HardCore: 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; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

What do the server tags on Dead Man Rust HardCore mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Dead Man Rust HardCore: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules make it harsher; mp50 (Max players): Slots: 50; 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): It's on 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): A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Fewer helpers and harsher survival in Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^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 Dead Man Rust HardCore rank against other Rust servers?

For the last seven days of player hours, Dead Man Rust HardCore sits at #13,528, inside the top 61% of ranked servers and at #1,421 in North America.

How many players are on Dead Man Rust HardCore right now?

The current tally at Dead Man Rust HardCore: 0 players across 50 slots. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 1. Look at 08:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.

About the server

Is Dead Man Rust HardCore online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Dead Man Rust HardCore is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 19 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 83%, with 139 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Dead Man Rust HardCore run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 6, with 5 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 111,511: buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,667 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Dead Man Rust HardCore located?

Dead Man Rust HardCore uses its NA tag to list itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 66.51.99.44:28010.

Which Rust version is Dead Man Rust HardCore on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Dead Man Rust HardCore runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe times

What happens on Dead Man Rust HardCore when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe topped out 11 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on Dead Man Rust HardCore?

Wipes on Dead Man Rust HardCore 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. The world it is running now dates from 27 days 11 hours. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.

The rules

Which map does Dead Man Rust HardCore run?

The procedural map on Dead Man Rust HardCore measures 4,500, generated by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Dead Man Rust HardCore?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Dead Man Rust HardCore. The group limit goes unpublished. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. Oxide plugins power it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

How to join

How do I join Dead Man Rust HardCore?

Enter client.connect 66.51.99.44:28010 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules make it harsher.
mp50
Max players Slots: 50.
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 It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly A monthly wipe, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Fewer helpers and harsher survival in Facepunch's hardcore mode.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^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.