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Specimen recordcat. no. 1,537NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab

Online NA 72.9.148.34:28015 checked 12m ago

quad monthly wipes moddedoxidepvehardcore

Measurements

Players now
5/ 50
= 1 player
10% full
7-day average
4
peak 12
Rank
#1,537
top 7% · #229 in NA
Last wipe
26d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
8d 17h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
02.557.51002:0011:0020:0005:0014:0023:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

01020304002:0011:0020:0005:0014:0023:00

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
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 7% of all ranked servers, top 12% in NA, and #78 of the quad servers (top 9%). 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 8d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence

32
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

8d 17h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
36d 17h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

010203040+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 32, 3 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:52 UTC FW26d ago 32 – running 2

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 BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab rank against other Rust servers?

Seven-day player hours put BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab at #1,537, or #229 in North America, inside the top 7% of all ranked servers. It places #78 among servers of the quad kind.

How busy is BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab?

Of its 50 slots, BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab is using 5 right now. Seven days of counting give an average of 4 players and a peak of 12. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 7 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab publishes: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts4 (Group limit): You may team with up to 4 players; 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): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is 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.

Who runs BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab?

5 other servers we track publish the same battlezone.gg hostname as BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab, so the same operator most likely runs the group.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab?

On Rust Population, BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 32 players. Peak came 3 hours into the latest wipe.

What is the wipe schedule on BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab?

BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab 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. Counted from 26 days 7 hours ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Map and rules

Which map does BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab run?

The map on BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab is procedural, made by the game at size 4,000. The name on the map is Custom Map.

What are the rules and settings on BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab?

No gather rate appears in the name of BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab. A group can hold 4 players at most (quad). This server runs hardcore, 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. Oxide plugins are in use here. You play with Valve's anti-cheat on: VAC.

About the server

Which version of Rust does BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab run?

On Linux, BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab run smoothly?

It ran at 40 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 34. Entities peaked at 146,514, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 4,192 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab is online. About 9 hours ago, it restarted, according to its uptime. Over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours were online, or 100%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab located?

By its NA tag, BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab says it is in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 72.9.148.34:28015.

How to join

How do I join BattleZone.gg — Hardcore PvE | No Tech Tree | Skills | Raidab?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 72.9.148.34:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can find its website at https://battlezone.gg/.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,NA,^p,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts4,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts4
Group limit You may team with up to 4 players.
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 The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

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

Gameplay

^p
PvE Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

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.