The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore
Online NA 51.222.245.218:28015 checked 8m 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 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 15% of all ranked servers, top 31% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 19h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 4players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- in 6d 19hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- in 34d 19hThu 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 4, 3 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 OCT 2026Thu 1 Oct, 18:12 UTC FW28d ago |
4 | – | running | 0 |
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
Where can you read the rules and settings that apply on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
No gather rate appears in the name The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore. There is no published group limit. Filed under hardcore, The hardest mode from Facepunch. Combat and raiding between players are possible. Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded in the server browser. Plugins in use: Oxide. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, turned off.
What is the map on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs on a procedural map. The game generates it, and its size is 4,250. The name of the map is Procedural.
Tags
On Rust Server Index, which lists and filters carry The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Filed under these Rust Server Index lists is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: Modded Rust servers, filed by play style, Rust zombie servers, filed A to Z and North American Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What is meant by the tags on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
The server's own tags are listed here, and the game's server browser reads them: The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore gives gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp100 (Max players): Player cap: 100; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; older or newer clients cannot join; cs168909 (Build): Build on file: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard RakNet layer carries the connection; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^m (Monthly): It wipes monthly with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^h (Hardcore): Expect harsher survival and fewer helpers: this is Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^o (Oxide): Plugins run through Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings; modded (Modded): Modded: the game is changed by plugins or settings; NA (North America): Server browser region: North America. Current players, queue length and when the world was made appear in the tags, set out at the top of this page.
Wipes and resets
What should you expect on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore when wipe day comes?
The average peak across its recent wipes is 4 players. 3 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
When does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore wipe?
One wipe a month is all The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs, and it comes with the 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 28 days 5 hours. Filed in its tags: a monthly wipe schedule.
Players and ranking
Where does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore sit in the rankings?
On seven-day player hours, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore takes #3,440 overall and #570 in North America, within the top 15% of ranked servers.
What does the player count on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore look like?
Filed under live counts: The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, 0 players on 100 slots at present. Filed under seven-day figures: an average of 1 players and a peak of 3. Over the last 48 hours, 13:00 UTC drew the highest average: 2 players.
Operator and status
What Rust version is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what you will find on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore. Steam keeps your game updated, but the protocol must match for you to join.
How reliable is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, and is it online now?
The server is live at this moment: The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 9 hours ago. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 99%, 166 hours out of 168. It was first recorded by Rust Server Index on 13 September 2026.
Is the performance on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore good?
The last 48 hours give an average of 30 server fps and a floor of 30. The entity count reached 98,355, covering buildings, deployables and all else in the world. The peak memory figure stood at 5,116 MB. What players feel as lag is low fps together with a rising entity count.
What is the location of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
The NA tag places The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, by its own listing, in North America. No lookup of the machine's position is made by Rust Server Index; it shows where the server says it is. Connection details: 51.222.245.218:28015.
How to join
What steps lead onto The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Enter client.connect 51.222.245.218:28015 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you. https://therustingdead.com is where its website lives.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0,^o^z,modded
Game
gmhardcore
mp100
ts0
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^h
Mods and access
^o
^z
modded
Region
NA
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.