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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,348NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

Hillside Exiles | Lobby

Online NA 167.114.158.11:28045 checked 12m ago

moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,348
top 69% · #1525 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
no schedule published
Next wipe
7d 21h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

010020030040022:0007:0016:0001:0010:0020:00

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 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 82% 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 7d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence

1
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 21h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 21h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 4 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:51 UTC FW27d ago 1 – 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

Player counts

How does Hillside Exiles | Lobby rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days Hillside Exiles | Lobby is #15,348, #1,525 in North America, placing it in the top 69% of ranked servers.

How busy is Hillside Exiles | Lobby?

Of its 50 slots, Hillside Exiles | Lobby is using 0 right now. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on Hillside Exiles | Lobby mean?

What the game's server browser reads from Hillside Exiles | Lobby is this set of tags: gmrust (Game mode): The game mode is standard Rust survival; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^e (Minigames): Expect minigames such as arenas, Bedwars and parkour; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made; you will find them at the top of this page.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include Hillside Exiles | Lobby?

These Rust Population lists include Hillside Exiles | Lobby: Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Minigames ^e, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on Hillside Exiles | Lobby?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. 4 hours after the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on Hillside Exiles | Lobby?

Hillside Exiles | Lobby wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. 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 27 days 3 hours ago.

Map and rules

Which map does Hillside Exiles | Lobby run?

Hillside Exiles | Lobby uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 1,000 with seed 2126893042. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map. You will see the map named Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on Hillside Exiles | Lobby?

Nothing in Hillside Exiles | Lobby's name says how gather works. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. This server runs minigames & battle royale, battle royale, parkour, Bedwars and arenas. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are in use here. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Hillside Exiles | Lobby run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for Hillside Exiles | Lobby. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does Hillside Exiles | Lobby run smoothly?

It ran at 240 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 238. Entities peaked at 211, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 628 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is Hillside Exiles | Lobby online, and how reliable is it?

Hillside Exiles | Lobby is up and running at the moment. About 6 days ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is Hillside Exiles | Lobby located?

With its NA tag, Hillside Exiles | Lobby places itself in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 167.114.158.11:28045 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join Hillside Exiles | Lobby?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 167.114.158.11:28045; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you. For more, visit its website: https://hillsiderust.com.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^e,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmrust
Game mode The game mode is standard Rust survival.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts8
Group limit Teams are capped at 8, the default setting.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Gameplay

^e
Minigames Expect minigames such as arenas, Bedwars and parkour.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) runs on this server.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it appears 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.