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Specimen recordcat. no. 6,707EUfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG

Online EU 185.189.255.18:35000 checked 8m ago

biweekly wipes moddedoxide

Measurements

Players now
0/ 200
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 3
Rank
#6,707
top 30% · #1951 in EU
Last wipe
20d ago
biweekly schedule
Next wipe
7d 8h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0123411:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608011:0020:0005:0014:0000:0009:00

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 Sep4 Oct10 Oct17 Oct23 Oct29 Oct

Top 30% of all ranked servers, top 67% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

from its schedule tag

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 8h. The force wipe · high confidence

4.1 days
usual gap
between real wipes
7
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 3

Coming wipes

7d 8h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
21d 5h
Thu 19 Nov, 16:08 UTC
35d 8h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 8 OctSun 4 Oct
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 5, 47 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 8 Oct, 16:08 UTC20d ago 5 – running 1
Sun 4 Oct, 14:41 UTC24d ago 9 halved by day 3 4.1 days 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 RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG at #6,707, or #1,951 in Europe, inside the top 30% of all ranked servers.

How busy is RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG?

Of its 200 slots, RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 3. Look at the last 48 hours and 10:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 2 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG mean?

These are the tags RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmvanilla (Game mode): This is vanilla survival; mp200 (Max players): You can join up to 200 slots; ts200 (Group limit): You may team with up to 200 players; 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): The region code is left blank; ^b (Biweekly): The server wipes on a two-week cycle; ^i (Battlefield): Kits and high rates make for fast PvP; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe. 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.

Who runs RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG?

3 other servers we track publish the same rust-way.ru hostname as RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG, so the same operator most likely runs the group.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG?

These Rust Population lists include RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG: Rust servers in Europe, Modded Rust servers, counted, Rust battlefield servers and Rust zombie and infected servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Battlefield ^i, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 7 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 47 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 3 it had fallen below half, in the cases where it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG?

The prediction follows its tag, since too few of RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG's wipes are on record to confirm the schedule. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 20 days 18 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. The tags carry an every-two-weeks wipe schedule.

Map and rules

Which map does RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG run?

The map on RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG is procedural, made by the game at size 3,250 from seed 1844192820. You can look at it on RustMaps from this page: size and seed determine the map.

What are the rules and settings on RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG?

Nothing in RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG's name says how gather works. Up to 200 players can team together. You get battlefield here, kits and high rates drive fast PvP. 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.

About the server

Which version of Rust does RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG run?

On Windows, RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Does RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 59 server fps, with a low of 20. The entity count reached 64,273: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Up to 2,328 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG is online. About 3 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG located?

The EU tag is how RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG places itself in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 185.189.255.18:35000.

Getting in

How do I join RUST WAY HARD | PVP | PVE | ZOMBIE | RPG?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 185.189.255.18:35000. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at http://rust-way.ru.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,^i,EU,gmvanilla,cs168909,ts200,^o^z

Game

gmvanilla
Game mode This is vanilla survival.
mp200
Max players You can join up to 200 slots.
ts200
Group limit You may team with up to 200 players.
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 The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^b
Biweekly The server wipes on a two-week cycle.

Gameplay

^i
Battlefield Kits and high rates make for fast PvP.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Region

EU
Europe The server browser lists it under Europe.

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.