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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,388NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag

Online NA 167.114.158.11:28035 checked 13m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 16
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,388
top 70% · #1550 in NA
Last wipe
26d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
8d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123421:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040021:0006:0015:0001:0010:0019:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct27 Oct

Top 70% of all ranked servers, top 83% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 8d 22h. The force wipe · high confidence

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 22h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 22h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:35 UTC FW26d 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag rank against other Rust servers?

Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag ranks #15,388 on seven-day player hours, #1,550 in North America, and sits in the top 70% of all ranked servers.

How busy is Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

Of its 16 slots, Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag is using 0 right now. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Tags

What do the server tags on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag mean?

These are the tags Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp16 (Max players): 16 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^e (Minigames): This server hosts minigames: arenas, Bedwars, parkour and more; ^i (Battlefield): Kits and high rates make for fast PvP; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Who runs Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

A hillsiderust.com hostname comes from Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag and from 3 other servers we track, which suggests one operator runs them all.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted, Rust battlefield servers and North American Rust servers. Filter the server list by Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Minigames ^e, Battlefield ^i, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more and it will show up.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 0 players. Peak came 0 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

Once a month Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag wipes, and that is with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 1 hours ago.

Settings

Which map does Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag run?

Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 1,000 with seed 777704184. The map follows from its size and seed, and RustMaps shows it from this page. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

No gather rate appears in the name of Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get minigames & battle royale here, parkour, arenas, battle royale and Bedwars. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 240 server fps, with a low of 240. Up to 14 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 695 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 4 days 23 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag located?

With its NA tag, Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag places itself in North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 167.114.158.11:28035.

How to join

How do I join Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag?

Either enter client.connect 167.114.158.11:28035 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. For more, visit its website: https://hillsiderust.com.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp16,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^e,^i,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp16
Max players 16 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit 8 per team is the default limit.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Gameplay

^e
Minigames This server hosts minigames: arenas, Bedwars, parkour and more.
^i
Battlefield Kits and high rates make for fast PvP.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is 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.