hard
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 0/ 2 0% full
- Change · 24h
- ▪n/a no reading a day ago
- 7-day average
- 0 peak –
- Rank
- #15,502 no region published
- Rank · 7d ago
- – not ranked a week ago
- Last wipe
- 39d ago no schedule published
- Next wipe
- – no wipe seen yet
- Group limit
- 8 8, the default
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 0 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- – Procedural Map
- First seen
- 17 Sep 2026 no hostname published
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 bestWipe schedule
Wipes
newest first| 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| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 407 on average | 243/250 | ▼−33−12.0% | |
| 2 | Rusty Moose |EU Monthly|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 355 on average | 143/200 | ▪+0+0.3% | |
| 3 | Rusty Moose |US Monthly|NA · groups of 12+ · monthly · 337 on average | 217/250 | ▲+11+5.3% | |
| 4 | Rustoria.co - EU LongEU · groups of 14+ · monthly · 333 on average | 139/200 | ▼−28−16.6% | |
| 5 | Rustoria.co - EU MainEU · groups of 16+ · weekly · 299 on average | 18/250 | ▼−18−50.1% | |
| 6 | Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 282 on average | 121/150 | ▼−14−10.2% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageRules & Settings
How is hard configured in terms of rules and settings?
The name of hard carries no gather rate. Up to 8 players per group, which is the game's default. It runs survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. PvP and raiding are enabled. You will find it under Community in the server browser: it is a community server. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched on.
Which map is played on hard?
The game generates the procedural map on hard.
Player Count
Where does hard sit in the rankings?
For the last seven days, hard holds rank #15,502 on player hours, in the top – of all ranked servers.
How many players does hard have?
At present, hard is offline; the last sighting was 27 days ago.
Wipe Schedule
How often does hard wipe?
There are too few wipes on record for hard to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server. Next: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. This world has been running for 39 days 21 hours.
Server Details
What is the location of hard?
There is no region published for hard. The location shown by Rust Analytics is the one a server states; it does not verify the machine's position. You can reach it at 178.158.214.251:28015.
hard runs which version of Rust?
The build is Rust network protocol 2633 and build 162929 on Windows, running on hard. The protocol has to match for you to join, and Steam applies that update.
How reliable is hard and is it currently online?
hard is down. The last time we saw it was 27 days ago. 7 full days have passed with 0% uptime, 0 of 168 hours. First sighting by Rust Analytics: 17 September 2026.
Tags and Rankings
How should you interpret the tags on hard?
These tags are published by hard and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust format; mp2 (Max players): Slot count: 2; ts8 (Group limit): Team size stays at the game default of 8; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: matching game versions are required to join; cs162929 (Build): Game build: 162929; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet; $r? (Region code): Region code: none set. The top of this page and the tags both show its players now, its queue and when its world was made.
On Rust Analytics, which lists and filters feature hard?
The following Rust Analytics lists feature hard: Rust community servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Joining the Server
How can I connect to hard?
The console route: start Rust, press F1, enter client.connect 178.158.214.251:28015. The page's Launch Rust button opens Rust through Steam and connects you instead.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs162929,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp2
ts8
v2633
cs162929
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.