RS-15502Community server
hard
Offline 178.158.214.251:28015 checked 26d 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
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.
Player count
What is the typical player count on hard?
Currently, hard is offline; the last sighting was 26 days 17 hours ago.
Where does hard sit in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place hard at #15,502, in the top – of ranked servers.
Tags, lists, and filters
Where does hard appear among the Top Rust Servers lists and filters?
On these Top Rust Servers lists you will find hard: Best Rust community servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
What is the meaning of the tags on hard?
gmrust (Game mode): Standard survival, as in Rust; mp2 (Max players): There are 2 slots; ts8 (Group limit): 8 per team is the default limit; v2633 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on protocol 2633; cs162929 (Build): The game build is 162929; ptrak (Networking): This uses RakNet, Rust's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code not set are the tags hard publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. The top of this page also shows the time its world was made, its queue, and its players now, all from the tags.
Map and rules
What is the map on hard?
A procedural map, created by the game, is in use on hard.
What does hard run for rules and settings?
No gather rate is given in the name hard. Up to 8 players per group, as the game defaults. survival is the game mode, standard survival: gathering, building and raiding. You can fight and raid other players. A community server, it is found under the Community tab. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server details
What version is hard running?
hard uses Rust network protocol 2633 and build 162929 with Windows as its system. Joining requires matching protocols, and Steam updates your game automatically.
What is the location of hard?
No region is published by hard. Top Rust Servers does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. It answers at 178.158.214.251:28015.
What is the uptime of hard?
The server hard is down at the moment, with its last appearance 26 days 17 hours ago. Across the last 7 full days, it was online for 0 of 168 hours, or 0%. The first time Top Rust Servers saw it was on 17 September 2026.
Wipe details
How often does hard wipe?
Not enough wipe data exists yet to identify the rhythm of hard. A force wipe happens monthly across all Rust servers; the next is scheduled for Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its world was last replaced 39 days 13 hours ago.
Joining the server
What are the steps to join hard?
Use the console: open Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 178.158.214.251:28015. Or simply click Launch Rust here; it opens the game through Steam and connects you.