Hard
162.222.17.4:30031 checked 17h 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 22 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 72% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Its wipes keep no rhythm, so there is no next wipe to predict. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
- usual gap
- 1.2 days between real wipes
- on rhythm
- 20% of its recent wipes
- wipe-day peak
- 1 players, last three wipes
- crowd held
- 0% else halves by day 1.5
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 16 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 3 Oct, 16:40 UTC 10d ago | 1 | – | running | 0 |
| Fri 2 Oct, 11:22 UTC 11d ago | 1 | – | 1.2 days | 0 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 12:22 UTC 12d ago | 1 | – | 1 days | 1 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 05:28 UTC 13d ago | 1 | – | 0.3 days | 0 |
| Tue 22 Sep, 06:07 UTC 22d ago | 1 | halved by day 1 | 9 days | 0 |
| Fri 4 Sep, 16:17 UTC 39d ago | 1 | halved by day 2 | 17.6 days | 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
Quick answers
Player Numbers
Hard ranking: what position does it hold?
Rank #15,947 over the last seven days in player hours: Hard, inside the top 72% of ranked servers.
Is Hard busy?
Hard is not online at the moment; its last appearance was 17 hours ago. Averaged across the last seven days: 0 players.
Server Tags
How should the tags on Hard be interpreted?
Read by the game's server browser, the tags Hard publishes are: gmrust (Game mode): Rust survival, standard; mp0 (Max players): Slot count is 0; ts16 (Group limit): 16 is the largest team allowed; v2634 (Protocol): Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect; cs167231 (Build): Build 167231; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): No region code listed; ^p (PvE): No player combat—the environment is the danger; ^z (Modded): Under Modded, because plugins or settings modify play; ^y (Carbon): Plugin framework: Carbon. Current players, queue and world creation time come from the tags and appear at the top of this page.
Who is the operator of Hard?
Most likely run by the same operator: Hard and 3 other servers we track, all of which publish a japantokyo.jp hostname.
Which lists and filters on BestRustServers.xyz contain Hard?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include Hard are: Best modded Rust servers and Best Rust PvE servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Information
Hard Rust version: which one?
On Linux, Hard runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231. Steam updates your game automatically, but it needs to match the protocol to join.
Hard performance: is it smooth?
Over 48 hours, it averaged 30 server fps; the lowest was 29. It held up to 139,377 entities: everything from buildings to deployables in the world. At its highest, memory usage was 12,115 MB. A climbing entity count and low fps are felt by players as lag.
Hard uptime and reliability: what are they?
Offline now for Hard, last seen 17 hours ago. The uptime it reports shows a restart roughly 5 days 6 hours ago. Over the past 7 full days, it was online 162 of 168 hours, 96% of the time. On 13 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
Hard location: where is it?
No region is published by Hard. BestRustServers.xyz does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You can reach it at 162.222.17.4:30031.
Rules and Settings
Hard map: which one is it?
Generated by the game, the map on Hard is procedural and has size 4,500. Called Custom Map on the map list.
What rules and configuration does Hard have?
No gather rate appears in the name of Hard. No more than 16 players to a group. Listed as pve, no combat against other players. Listed as Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins in use: Carbon. VAC: off.
Wipe Schedule
Hard wipe schedule: what does it show?
No next wipe can be predicted for Hard, which wipes at irregular times. A force wipe, next on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, takes every Rust server with it. The current world has been running since 10 days 18 hours.
On Hard, what occurs on wipe day?
An average peak of 1 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 16 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak. Half the peak was held until the next wipe in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes where it did not hold, half the peak was lost by day 1.5.
Connect
Hard joining: how is it done?
Use the F1 console: client.connect 162.222.17.4:30031. Launch Rust on this page does the same by opening Rust through Steam and connecting.
Server tags
Published as mp0,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^p,gmrust,cs167231,ts16
Game
gmrust- Game mode Rust survival, standard.
mp0- Max players Slot count is 0.
ts16- Group limit 16 is the largest team allowed.
v2634- Protocol Your game must be on protocol 2634 to connect.
cs167231- Build Build 167231.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code No region code listed.
Gameplay
^p- PvE No player combat—the environment is the danger.
Mods and access
^z- Modded Under Modded, because plugins or settings modify play.
^y- Carbon Plugin framework: Carbon.
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.