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Specimen recordcat. no. 1,587us5first seen 4 Oct 2026

OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression

Online 91.229.114.137:28087 checked 9m ago

monthly wipes moddedoxidepvehardcore

Measurements

Players now
7/ 50
= 1 player
14% full
7-day average
4
peak 11
Rank
#1,587
top 7%
Last wipe
10h ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 5h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0246814:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 03:06 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
05010015020014:0023:0008:0017:0003:0012:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 03:06 UTCWIPE

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 4 Oct. 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
11k2k3k4k4 Oct9 Oct14 Oct19 Oct24 Oct29 Oct

Top 7% of all ranked servers. 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 5h. The force wipe · high confidence

Coming wipes

7d 5h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 5h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW
Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 02:35 UTC11h ago – – 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 OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression rank against other Rust servers?

Over the past week it ranks #1,587 for player hours, which puts OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression in the top 7% of all ranked servers.

How busy is OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression?

The count reads 7 players on OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression, which has 50 slots. Averaged over seven days, it drew 4 players and reached a peak of 11. Look at the last 48 hours and 01:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 6 players.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression mean?

What the game's server browser reads from OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression is this set of tags: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $rus5 (Region code): Region code: us5; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^r (Roleplay): A server for roleplay; ^p (PvE): The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression?

These Rust Population lists include OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and Rust population: roleplay. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, PvE ^p, Roleplay ^r, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours.

Wipe notes

What is the wipe schedule on OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression?

The force wipe is the only wipe OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression takes, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe: the force wipe, when all Rust servers wipe. The world it runs now dates from 10 hours ago. A monthly wipe schedule is what its tags publish.

Settings

Which map does OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression run?

The map on OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression is procedural, made by the game at size 5,500.

What are the rules and settings on OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression states none. Eight players per group is the default, and it applies here. You get hardcore here, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Combat between players, raids included, is permitted. The server browser files it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

About the server

Which version of Rust does OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression run?

On Linux, OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.

Does OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression run smoothly?

The last 48 hours saw an average of 93 server fps, with 67 as the lowest. Entities peaked at 167,934, including buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 4,255 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Is OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression is online. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 4 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 4 October 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.

Where is OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression located?

The region code is us5, and OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression publishes no region. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. 91.229.114.137:28087 is where it lives.

Getting in

How do I join OUTSIDE | Hardcore Survival PvE | NPCs / Quests / Progression?

Either enter client.connect 91.229.114.137:28087 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/H4QS5CypAK.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$rus5,v2635,^m,^r,^p,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts8,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts8
Group limit This is the game default: at most 8 per team.
v2635
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard.
$rus5
Region code Region code: us5.

Wipe schedule

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

Gameplay

^r
Roleplay A server for roleplay.
^p
PvE The danger is the world, not other players: players do not fight each other.

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.

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.