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OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression

Online 91.229.114.137:28087 checked 7m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 7/ 50 slots 14% full +3+83%against this time yesterday
7-day average4peak 11
Rank#1,541top 7%
Regionus5no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe1d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe6d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0510152006:0015:0001:0010:0019:0004:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 02:35 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
05010015020006:0015:0001:0010:0019:0004:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 02:35 UTCWIPE

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 4 Oct. 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
11k2k3k4k4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct20 Oct25 Oct30 Oct

Top 7% of all ranked servers. 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 6d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

Coming wipes

6d 13hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
34d 13hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 02:35 UTC1d ago – – running 2

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.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression: Modded Rust servers, live, Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot and The roleplay set, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

What do the server tags on OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression mean?

These are the tags OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression publishes for the browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp50 (Max players): It has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): The default team size of 8 applies here; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $rus5 (Region code): It carries region code us5; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): Roleplay is the focus here; ^p (PvE): No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^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.

The players

How does OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression at #1,541, in the top 7% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression right now?

The current tally at OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression: 7 players across 50 slots. Averaging 4 players across seven days, it topped out at 11. The busiest stretch of the last 48 hours came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 8 players.

About the server

Is OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression is online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 12 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 4 October 2026.

Does OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 90, with 55 as the lowest. Entities reached a maximum of 171,872: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,403 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression located?

No region is published by OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression; its region code is us5. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 91.229.114.137:28087.

Which Rust version is OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

What is the wipe schedule on OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression, tied to the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. 26 hours is when the present world was made. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

The rules

Which map does OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression run?

OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression runs a procedural map of 5,500, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression?

No gather rate appears in the name of OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. Facepunch's most punishing mode: that is the hardcore mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Getting in

How do I join OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression?

Enter client.connect 91.229.114.137:28087 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/H4QS5CypAK.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$rus5,v2635,^m,^r,^p,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode A harsher ruleset, hardcore.
mp50
Max players It has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit The default team size of 8 applies here.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$rus5
Region code It carries region code us5.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay Roleplay is the focus here.
^p
PvE No fighting between players: the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings alter the game, so it's listed under Modded.

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.