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Specimen recordcat. no. 3,383NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies

Online NA 66.51.96.70:28050 checked 15m ago

teams off monthly wipes moddedcarbonpvehardcore

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
1
peak 6
Rank
#3,383
top 15% · #558 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
0246817:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00

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
11k2k3k4k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 30% 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 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

5
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 2h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 2h
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 5, 2 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:11 UTC FW27d ago 5 – 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 RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies is #3,383, #558 in North America, placing it in the top 15% of ranked servers.

How busy is RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies?

RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies holds 0 players at the moment, out of 50 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 1 players and a peak of 6. Look at the last 48 hours and 22:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 4 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies mean?

These are the tags RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp50 (Max players): The server has 50 slots; ts0 (Group limit): You cannot form teams here; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Facepunch's hardcore mode reduces the helpers and makes survival harsher; ^p (PvE): Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use; modded (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it 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.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies?

RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies appears among the Rust Population lists that follow: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted, Rust zombie and infected servers and North American Rust servers. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 5 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 2 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies?

RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. 27 days 22 hours ago the current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Settings

Which map does RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies run?

A procedural map of size 4,250, generated by the game, is in use on RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies.

What are the rules and settings on RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies states none. The group limit goes unstated. You get hardcore here, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Carbon running as plugins. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies run?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies uses. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 30 server fps, with a low of 24. Up to 83,543 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 4,017 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies online, and how reliable is it?

RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies is up and running at the moment. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 1 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 166 of 168 hours were online, or 99%. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies located?

With its NA tag, RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies places itself in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 66.51.96.70:28050.

How to join

How do I join RustyOG Hardcore PvE | Tough Survival • Zombies?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.96.70:28050. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/rustyog.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,^h,NA,^p,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0,modded

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode A harsher ruleset, hardcore.
mp50
Max players The server has 50 slots.
ts0
Group limit You cannot form teams here.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Facepunch's hardcore mode reduces the helpers and makes survival harsher.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world.

Mods and access

^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use.
modded
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it 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.