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Specimen recordcat. no. 4,871NAfirst seen 21 Sep 2026

The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly

Online NA 66.51.99.77:28030 checked 10m ago

teams off monthly wipes moddedcarbonpvehardcore

Measurements

Players now
1/ 50
= 1 player
2% full
7-day average
0
peak 4
Rank
#4,871
top 22% · #826 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75106:0015:0000:0009:0019:0004:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

02040608006:0015:0000:0009:0019:0004:00

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 21 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
15k10k15k20k21 Sep29 Sep6 Oct14 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 22% of all ranked servers, top 44% 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 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

10.2 days
usual gap
between real wipes
3
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
100%
crowd held
of its cycles kept half the crowd

Coming wipes

7d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 13h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 1 OctMon 21 Sep
01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 35 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:01 UTC FW27d ago 4 – running 1
Mon 21 Sep, 13:33 UTC37d ago 2 held half 10.2 days 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Player counts

How does The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly at #4,871, or #826 in North America, inside the top 22% of all ranked servers.

How busy is The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly?

The count reads 1 players on The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly, which has 50 slots. We counted an average of 0 players in the past week, with 4 at the busiest. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 09:00 UTC, when an average of 1 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly mean?

What the game's server browser reads from The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly is this set of tags: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set; mp50 (Max players): You can join up to 50 slots; ts0 (Group limit): You cannot form teams here; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): This server runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode, as Facepunch designed it: fewer helpers and harsher survival; ^p (PvE): Other players are not a threat; the danger comes from the world; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is 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 The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly?

On Rust Population, The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly is filed under these lists: 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 The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly?

Across its recent wipes the busiest crowds averaged 3 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 35 hours in. Half that peak held until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.

What is the wipe schedule on The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly?

The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly 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 11 hours ago the current world was made. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Map and rules

Which map does The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly run?

The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly uses a map the game generates, procedural, at size 3,500.

What are the rules and settings on The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly?

Nothing in The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly's name says how gather works. The group limit goes unstated. This server runs hardcore, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Carbon. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly run?

On Linux, The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 8 server fps, with a low of 5. Entities peaked at 80,965, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 2,858 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly online, and how reliable is it?

You will find The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly online now. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 17 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 21 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly located?

With its NA tag, The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly places itself in North America. The location a server claims is what Rust Population shows, not the place where the machine stands. You will find it at 66.51.99.77:28030.

Getting in

How do I join The Rusty Rabbit Hole | Hardcore PvE | Zombies | Solo | Monthly?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 66.51.99.77:28030. 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/j4d4U2dFb.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set.
mp50
Max players You can join up to 50 slots.
ts0
Group limit You cannot form teams here.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build This server runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$r?
Region code This server has no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Hardcore mode, as Facepunch designed it: fewer helpers and harsher survival.

Gameplay

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

Mods and access

^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, so it is listed under Modded.
^y
Carbon A plugin framework, Carbon, is in use.

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.