HVGT The Backbone
Offline 85.14.213.208:28015 checked 19d 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 29 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 72% 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 0, 0 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 5 Oct, 03:08 UTC24d ago | 0 | – | 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.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include HVGT The Backbone?
You'll find HVGT The Backbone on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
What do the server tags on HVGT The Backbone mean?
For the server browser, HVGT The Backbone lists these tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): The mode is vanilla survival; mp10 (Max players): There are 10 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs166652 (Build): It's on game build 166652; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does HVGT The Backbone rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #15,825 puts HVGT The Backbone in the top 72% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on HVGT The Backbone right now?
The last sighting of HVGT The Backbone was 19 days 15 hours ago, and it is offline now.
Server details
Is HVGT The Backbone online, and how reliable is it?
The server HVGT The Backbone is not online now; 19 days 15 hours have passed since it was last seen. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.
Where is HVGT The Backbone located?
No region is published by HVGT The Backbone. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 85.14.213.208:28015.
Which Rust version is HVGT The Backbone on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166652 is the version HVGT The Backbone runs on Linux. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
The wipe schedule
What happens on HVGT The Backbone when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on HVGT The Backbone?
Too few wipes are on record for HVGT The Backbone to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 24 days 4 hours is when the present world was made.
Rules and settings
Which map does HVGT The Backbone run?
The procedural map on HVGT The Backbone measures 4,000 and comes from the game with seed 31081978. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on HVGT The Backbone?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on HVGT The Backbone. Eight players per group: that is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid, as standard. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join HVGT The Backbone?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 85.14.213.208:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/VhVSYBHnV.