Hard
Offline 177.185.237.172:28015 checked 21d 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
Top 62% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 1players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- in 6d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 34d 16hThu 3 Dec, 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
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9 OCT 2026Fri 9 Oct, 00:53 UTC21d 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.
Rules and settings
On Hard, which rules and settings apply?
No gather rate appears in the name Hard. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. Filed under survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Modded; plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are run on it. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
What is the map on Hard?
Generated by the game, the map is procedural on Hard.
Tags
Where does Hard appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
These lists on Rust Server Index take Hard: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Modded; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Which tags are attached to Hard, and what do they stand for?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: Hard gives gmvanilla (Game mode): Filed under vanilla survival; mp100 (Max players): Player cap: 100; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the default setting; v2634 (Protocol): Your client must run protocol 2634 to connect; cs167231 (Build): The game build here is 167231; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): The region code field is left empty; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside the Facepunch force wipe; ^o (Oxide): Oxide, also known as uMod, provides the plugin framework; ^z (Modded): This one is Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipes and resets
What should you expect on Hard when wipe day comes?
Its recent wipes averaged 1 players at peak. 1 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
Which wipe timetable does Hard follow?
The only wipe on Hard is the monthly force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, as the force wipe that reaches every Rust server. Its present world dates from 21 days 1 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Population
How is Hard ranked compared with the rest?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Hard at #13,628, among the top 62% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Hard at the moment?
Filed under offline: Hard, last seen 21 days ago.
Server facts
What Rust version is Hard on?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231 on Windows is what you will find on Hard. The protocol must match before you can join, and Steam takes care of updating it.
How reliable is Hard, and is it online now?
As of now Hard is offline, with its last appearance 21 days ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours out of 168. On 8 October 2026 it was first seen by Rust Server Index.
What is the location of Hard?
There is no region on record for Hard; it publishes none. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. You will reach it at 177.185.237.172:28015.
Joining the server
What is the way onto Hard?
Enter client.connect 177.185.237.172:28015 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published 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.