Hard
Offline 177.185.237.172:28015 checked 5d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
daily · 1 is bestTop 50% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes onlyNext wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 22d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 1 hours in.
Wipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9 Oct, 00:53 UTC5d ago | 1 | – | running | 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.
Server tags
How should you read the tags on Hard?
gmvanilla (Game mode): Unmodified survival play; mp100 (Max players): The cap is 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2634 (Protocol): You need protocol 2634 to join, matching your game version; cs167231 (Build): Build 167231; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, tied to the Facepunch force wipe; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework here is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): It sits in Modded: plugins or settings make the difference is what Hard tags itself with, and the server browser takes note. 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 Hard in?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include Hard: Modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last week.
Rules & map
Which map is currently on Hard?
Generated by the game, the map on Hard is procedural.
Which settings and rules apply on Hard?
There is no gather rate in the name Hard. 8 players is the default group size, and that is the cap here. survival is the game mode, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. 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 details
What is the location of Hard?
There is no region listed for Hard. Rust Vending Machine reports the location a server claims, not where the machine actually sits. The endpoint is 177.185.237.172:28015.
How reliable is Hard, and is it online now?
No stock on Hard at the moment, last seen 5 days 13 hours ago. 2 of 120 hours online over the last 5 full days, or 2% uptime. The first sighting of it on Rust Vending Machine was 8 October 2026.
What Rust version does Hard run?
On Windows, Hard is running Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Population
How does Hard compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
Over the last seven days Hard ranks #11,159 on player hours, among the top 50% of all ranked servers.
What is the current player count on Hard?
You will find Hard offline right now; its last sighting was 5 days 13 hours ago. The seven-day average stands at 1 players, peaking at 1.
Wipe info
When does Hard wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe at Hard, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it has now started 5 days 14 hours ago. Its tags state a wipe each month.
What can you expect on Hard when wipe day comes?
An average of 1 players turned up at the peak of its recent wipes. On the latest wipe, 1 hours after it began, the crowd peaked.
Getting in
What steps do you take to join Hard?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 177.185.237.172:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,gmvanilla,cs167231,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmvanilla
mp100
ts8
v2634
cs167231
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
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.