The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore
Key statistics
the figures behind the quote- Players now
- 2/ 100 2% full
- Change · 24h
- ▲+1 +100.0% from 1
- 7-day average
- 1 peak 3
- Rank
- #3,343 top 15% · #594 in NA
- Rank · 7d ago
- #2,830 ▼513 places down
- Last wipe
- 13d ago monthly schedule
- Next wipe
- 21d 2h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
- Group limit
- teams off players per team
- Gather rate
- – no rate in the name
- Score
- 155 player hours, last seven days
- Map
- 4250 Procedural
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026 no hostname published
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC. Busiest hour of the two days: 3 players.
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 15% of all ranked servers, top 32% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
force wipes only- wipe-day peak
- 4 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 21d 2hThu 5 Nov, 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
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:12 UTC FW13d 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| # | Server | Last | Chg 24h | Players over the last 24 hours24h |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackland#001 | Hardcore | ARE YOU STRONG ENOUGHNA · no group limit · monthly · 3 on average | 2/100 | ▪+0−20.0% | |
| 2 | [NA] Willjum's Casual Solo/Duo MonthlyNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 49 on average | 26/175 | ▼−8−24.1% | |
| 3 | Hempville 420 No Kos Low Decay / Limited PvPNA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 16 on average | 11/90 | ▪+0+3.9% | |
| 4 | [US East] Facepunch Hardcore 1NA · no group limit · monthly · 12 on average | 7/400 | ▪+0−3.4% | |
| 5 | Made in Quebec & France! QC FR EN (Website 9 Languages)NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 5 on average | 8/1000 | ▲+6+255.6% | |
| 6 | Gringers Hardcore|Solo Only|Monthly October 1NA · no group limit · monthly · 4 on average | 6/50 | ▲+3+100.0% |
Quick answers
from the figures on this pageServer Rules
How is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore configured in terms of rules and settings?
No gather rate appears in the name of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore. No group limit is published. hardcore is the mode, Facepunch's hardest mode. Combat and raiding between players are allowed. Modded is its category in the server browser; plugins or settings modify the game. Oxide plugins are in use. The server has VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, switched off.
What is the current map on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
A procedural map of size 4,250 runs on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, created by the game. Its current map goes by Procedural.
Activity
Where does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore sit in the rankings?
In the top 15% of all ranked servers, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is #3,343 on player hours over the last seven days and #594 in North America.
How full is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
2 of 100 slots on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore are filled right now. The mean over the last seven days is 1 players, reaching 3 at its highest. The busiest hour in the last 48 hours was 08:00 UTC, with an average of 3 players.
Wipe Frequency
How does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore handle wipe day?
Recent wipes at this server drew an average peak of 4 players. On the latest wipe, 3 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked.
How often does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore wipe?
The only wipe at The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is the monthly force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Its world now is 13 days 22 hours old. The tags state monthly wipes.
Server Overview
What is the location of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
The NA tag and North America are what The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore lists for itself. Rust Analytics reports the location a server claims, not the machine's actual location. 51.222.245.218:28015 is its address.
Is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore performing well?
The last 48 hours average 30 server fps, the low being 30. 96,227 entities is the maximum carried: buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 5,425 MB. Low fps and growing entities are the source of felt lag.
The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is on which Rust version?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781 on Linux is what The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs. Your game needs the same protocol to get in; Steam takes care of the update.
What is the uptime and reliability of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is up. It is taking players now. The reported uptime puts its last restart at about 3 hours ago. 100% is its uptime for the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. 13 September 2026 is when Rust Analytics first saw it.
Server Tags
How should you interpret the tags on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
The game's server browser reads gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset: hardcore; mp100 (Max players): It holds 100 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Teams do not run here; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: matching game versions are required to join; cs167781 (Build): Game build: 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet, the network layer the game ships with; $r? (Region code): Region code: none set; ^m (Monthly): A single wipe each month, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore, per Facepunch: less help and a harsher survival; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework Oxide (uMod) is in use; ^z (Modded): Modded listing: the game is changed by plugins or settings; modded (Modded): Modded listing: the game is changed by plugins or settings; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America, which The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore publishes. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time; this page shows them at the top.
Where does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore show up in Rust Analytics lists and filters?
On Rust Analytics, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore matches these lists: Modded Rust servers, Rust zombie servers and North America Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Joining the Server
What steps do I take to join The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Type client.connect 51.222.245.218:28015 after pressing F1 in Rust to open the console. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you. You can reach its website at https://therustingdead.com.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs167781,ts0,^o^z,modded
Game
gmhardcore
mp100
ts0
v2634
cs167781
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.