hard
Offline 178.158.221.43:28015 checked 3d 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 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Settings and map
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on hard?
You will find no gather rate in the name of hard. The default group limit of 8 players applies. Filed under survival, gather, build and raid: the standard game. PvP and raiding are allowed. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned on.
Which map is in use on hard?
A procedural map, generated by the game, is what hard runs.
Lists and filters
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry hard?
These lists on Rust Server Index take hard: Community Rust servers, indexed. These filters on the server list bring it up: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
What is meant by the tags on hard?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: hard gives gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, as standard; mp2 (Max players): 2 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2634 (Protocol): The protocol is 2634; older or newer clients cannot join; cs167781 (Build): The game build here is 167781; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent. See also the top of this page, where the tags carry the current players, the queue and the time the world was made.
Wipe dates
How often is hard wiped, and on what schedule?
hard's rhythm cannot be told yet: too few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe reaches every Rust server, and the next one falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its present world dates from 11 days 19 hours.
Players and ranking
How is hard ranked compared with the rest?
Filed under rankings: #15,412 for hard on seven-day player hours, top 69% overall.
Is hard quiet or crowded?
At present hard is offline; its last sighting was 3 days 18 hours ago. Filed under seven-day average: 0 players.
Server facts
Which Rust build is hard running?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Windows is what you will find on hard. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
How reliable is hard, and is it online now?
Last seen 3 days 18 hours ago, hard is offline right now. It was up 1 of 168 hours across the last 7 full days, or 1% of the time. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 20 October 2026.
Which region is hard in?
There is no region on record for hard; it publishes none. What Rust Server Index shows is the stated location, not the machine's actual position, which it does not look up. You will reach it at 178.158.221.43:28015.
Joining the server
What is the way onto hard?
Two ways in. Type client.connect 178.158.221.43:28015 into the Rust console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust and join on this page, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167781,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp2
ts8
v2634
cs167781
ptrak
$r?
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.