Hardcore
Online 170.23.61.207:11352 checked 12m ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
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.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 22% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
no rhythm it keepsIts wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 3, 14 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10 Oct, 06:08 UTC4d ago | 3 | – | running | 0 |
| Wed 7 Oct, 08:47 UTC7d ago | 2 | held half | 2.9 days | 1 |
| Tue 6 Oct, 15:52 UTC7d ago | 2 | – | 0.7 days | 0 |
| Mon 5 Oct, 16:42 UTC8d ago | 2 | – | 1 days | 0 |
| Sun 4 Oct, 11:27 UTC10d ago | 1 | – | 1.2 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Lists and tags
How should you read the tags on Hardcore?
The server browser reads these tags that Hardcore publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The standard survival game mode; mp100 (Max players): 100 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 to a team, as the game ships it; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: your game must match to get in; cs167781 (Build): It runs on build 167781; ptrak (Networking): Network runs on RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find its live player count, queue and world creation time in the tags too, displayed at the top here.
On Rust Vending Machine, which lists and filters can you find Hardcore in?
The Rust Vending Machine lists that feature Hardcore are: Modded Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Settings and rules
Which map is currently on Hardcore?
The map on Hardcore is procedural, size 4,000 with seed 7777, generated by the game. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map.
What rules does Hardcore enforce, and what settings does it run?
The name of Hardcore gives no gather rate. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. This server runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Player versus player combat and raiding are on. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. The plugins it runs number Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server info
What location is Hardcore in?
No region is published by Hardcore. Rust Vending Machine displays the location a server gives and does not look up the machine's true place. The endpoint is 170.23.61.207:11352.
How reliable is Hardcore, and is it online now?
Open for trade right now: Hardcore is online. The uptime counter points to a restart about 18 hours ago. Across the last 7 days, it was available for 168 of 168 hours, or 100% of the time. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 4 October 2026.
How well does Hardcore perform?
Server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 57 and never dropped below 24. Up to 174,043 entities were in play, buildings, deployables and the rest of the world combined. The highest memory reading was 3,523 MB. The feel of lag traces back to fps dropping and entities piling up.
What Rust version does Hardcore run?
On Linux, Hardcore is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. To get in, your game must match the protocol; Steam keeps that updated.
Player count
What is Hardcore's rank among Rust servers?
Over the last seven days Hardcore ranks #4,874 on player hours, among the top 22% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Hardcore right now?
Right now 100 slots in Hardcore hold 0 players. The seven-day average stands at 0 players, peaking at 3. Its busiest point in the last 48 hours was 19:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
Wipe details
When does Hardcore wipe?
No next wipe can be predicted for Hardcore, which wipes at irregular times. The next force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, when every Rust server wipes. 4 days 5 hours ago it made the world it is using now.
How does Hardcore handle wipe day?
An average of 2 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. Peak crowd on the latest wipe came 14 hours in. Half the peak was kept until the next wipe in 100% of its recent wipes.
Getting in
What steps do you take to join Hardcore?
Open Rust and press F1 for the console, then type client.connect 170.23.61.207:11352. Or use the Launch Rust button here to open the game through Steam and connect.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp100
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
Mods and access
^o
^z
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.