Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs
NA 66.51.99.163:28000 checked 12m 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 71% of all ranked servers, top 83% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 22d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence
- wipe-day peak
- 2 players, last three wipes
Coming wipes
- 22d 3hThu 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 2, 37 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:47 UTCFW 12d ago | 2 | – | 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.
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Player Numbers
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs ranking: what position does it hold?
Player hours over the last seven days place Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs at #1,540 in North America, and at #15,901 in the top 71% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
0 of 40 slots are filled on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs at the moment. The seven-day average player count stands at 0.
Tags and Filters
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs tags: what do they indicate?
For Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs, the game's server browser reads the following tags: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules, which are harsher; mp40 (Max players): Slot count is 40; ts0 (Group limit): No teams; v2634 (Protocol): Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join; cs167781 (Build): Running build 167781; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer in use; $r? (Region code): Region code missing; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes, synced to Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): The hardcore ruleset from Facepunch: more difficulty, fewer aids; ^z (Modded): Under Modded, because plugins or settings modify play; ^y (Carbon): Uses Carbon for plugins; NA (North America): In the server browser it appears under North America. At the top of this page you also see its players now, its queue and when its world was made, taken from the tags.
Which lists and filters on BestRustServers.xyz contain Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
The BestRustServers.xyz lists that include Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs are: Best modded Rust servers and North American Rust servers. These filters on the server list display it: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server Details
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs Rust version: which one?
On Linux, Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Your game has to match the protocol to connect; Steam takes care of updating it.
Is the performance on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs smooth?
For the past 48 hours, server fps averaged 59, never dropping below 33. The entity count reached 121,430, covering buildings, deployables and all other world objects. At its highest, memory usage was 4,832 MB. What players experience as lag is low fps combined with a rising entity count.
What is the uptime and reliability of Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
At the moment, Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs is up. According to its reported uptime, the last restart was about 4 hours ago. Over the past 7 full days, it was online 168 of 168 hours, 100% of the time. On 13 September 2026, BestRustServers.xyz saw it for the first time.
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs location: where is it?
Its NA tag places Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs in North America. BestRustServers.xyz shows the stated location of a server; the actual location of the machine is not looked up. You can reach it at 66.51.99.163:28000.
Rules and Settings
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs map: which one is it?
On Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs, the map is procedural, size 4,250, generated by the game. Map: Custom Map.
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs rules and settings: what are they?
No gather rate appears in the name of Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs. No group limit is published. It runs hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. Fighting and raiding between players are allowed. Listed as Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Carbon plugins are used. VAC: on.
Wipe Cycle
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs wipe schedule: what does it show?
The force wipe is the one monthly wipe on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The current world has been running since 12 days 22 hours. The tags declare wipes once a month.
What happens on wipe day on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 2 players. 37 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
How to Join
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs joining: how is it done?
Use the F1 console: client.connect 66.51.99.163:28000. Launch Rust on this page does the same by opening Rust through Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/TjqW7Cwed5.
Server tags
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^z,^y,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs167781,ts0
Game
gmhardcore- Game mode Hardcore rules, which are harsher.
mp40- Max players Slot count is 40.
ts0- Group limit No teams.
v2634- Protocol Game protocol 2634; the same version is required to join.
cs167781- Build Running build 167781.
ptrak- Networking RakNet is the network layer in use.
$r?- Region code Region code missing.
Wipe schedule
^m- Monthly Monthly wipes, synced to Facepunch's force wipe.
Difficulty
^h- Hardcore The hardcore ruleset from Facepunch: more difficulty, fewer aids.
Mods and access
^z- Modded Under Modded, because plugins or settings modify play.
^y- Carbon Uses Carbon for plugins.
Region
NA- North America In the server browser it appears under North America.
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.