Hard
Offline 177.185.237.172:28015 checked 19d ago
Measurements
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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 62% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9 Oct, 00:53 UTC20d ago | 1 | – | running | 1 |
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.
Quick answers
Population
How does Hard rank against other Rust servers?
Over the past week it ranks #13,628 for player hours, which puts Hard in the top 62% of all ranked servers.
How busy is Hard?
We have no live count for Hard right now. It was last seen 19 days 23 hours ago.
Tags
What do the server tags on Hard mean?
What the game's server browser reads from Hard is this set of tags: gmvanilla (Game mode): Survival in vanilla form; mp100 (Max players): The server has 100 slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams are capped at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2634, to join; cs167231 (Build): Game build: 167231; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^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. 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 Hard?
On Rust Population, Hard is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on Hard?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. Peak came 1 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on Hard?
Hard wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. The world it runs now dates from 20 days ago. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.
Settings
Which map does Hard run?
Hard uses a map the game generates: procedural.
What are the rules and settings on Hard?
No gather rate appears in the name of Hard. No limit is set beyond the standard 8 players per group. This server runs survival, gather, build and raid, as in the standard game. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. Oxide plugins are in use here. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does Hard run?
On Windows, Hard runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.
Is Hard online, and how reliable is it?
Offline at the moment, Hard was last seen 19 days 23 hours ago. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 8 October 2026.
Where is Hard located?
No region is published by Hard. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. 177.185.237.172:28015 is where it lives.
How to join
How do I join Hard?
Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 177.185.237.172:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.