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The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore

Online NA 51.222.245.218:28015 checked 9m ago

The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is a Rust server in North America. At the last count it had 0 players of a possible 100; over the past week it averaged 1, with a peak of 3. It stands at No. 3,486 of the ranked servers, the top 16%, and No. 581 in North America. It last wiped 27d ago, on a monthly schedule, and the next wipe is expected on Thursday 5 November, with the force wipe. Its own tags class it as modded, oxide, hardcore.

§ 1Attendance

AveragePeak
0123416:0001:0010:0019:0004:0013:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

§ 2Performance

01020304016:0001:0010:0019:0004:0013:00

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.

§ 3Standingthe rank, daily · 1 is best

RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 16% of all ranked servers, top 31% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

§ 4The wipe scheduleforce wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence

The rhythm
Wipe-day peak4

players, last three wipes

Coming wipes
Date, UTCHence
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 FW7d 3h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 FW35d 3h

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 4, 3 hours in.

§ 5The record of wipesnewest first

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:12 UTC FW27d 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.

§ 6In its own wordsas the server describes itself

Just wiped - October 1st, 2026. Hardcore monthly wipe active. Survive against players, zombies, and the elements in The Rusting Dead.

§ 7Similar serversthe same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes

  1. 1 [NA] Willjum's Casual Solo/Duo Monthly6/175 NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 14 on average
  2. 2 Hempville 420 No Kos Low Decay / Limited PvP3/90 NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 7 on average
  3. 3 [US East] Facepunch Hardcore 13/400 NA · no group limit · monthly · 4 on average
  4. 4 Made in Quebec & France! QC FR EN (Website 9 Languages)5/1000 NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 4 on average
  5. 5 Gringers Hardcore|Solo Only|Monthly October 12/50 NA · no group limit · monthly · 3 on average
  6. 6 Outlaw Ridge Hardcore | 50% Upkeep | No Tech Tree | Monthly2/50 NA · no group limit · monthly · 2 on average

§ 8Questions answeredfrom the figures in this entry

The record

What Rust version is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

How reliable is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, and is it online now?

The records show The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore online at the time of this check. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 1 hours ago. The records show 99% uptime over the last 7 full days: 166 of 168 hours up. The first sighting at Rust Server Stats was on 13 September 2026.

How does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore perform?

The records show an average of 30 server fps over 48 hours, never below 30. Buildings, deployables and the rest brought the entity count to a high of 98,355. Of note: memory use reached 5,116 MB. Lag, as players meet it, comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.

Where does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore operate from?

The NA tag places The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore in North America, as the server lists itself. Where the machine stands is not looked up by Rust Server Stats; it shows where a server says it is. 51.222.245.218:28015 — that is the address.

Rules, settings, map

What map is in use on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs a procedural map, generated by the game, of size 4,250. The name of the map is: Procedural.

What settings and rules does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore run?

Nothing in the name of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore gives a gather rate. The group limit is not stated. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's mode of greatest difficulty. Combat and raiding between players are permitted. The server browser lists it under Modded, where plugins or settings alter the game. The plugin set is Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.

Player record

What population does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore carry?

0 players are on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore at present; the slot count is 100. Over seven days the mean is 1 players, with a peak of 3. The busiest hour of the last 48 was 13:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Where does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore sit in the rankings?

Ranked on seven-day player hours, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore holds #3,486, with #581 in North America; the top 16% of ranked servers includes it.

The tags and lists

The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore sits in which Rust Server Stats lists and filters?

These are the Rust Server Stats lists that include The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: Modded Rust servers, Zombie servers, listed and North America: server records. On the server list it comes up under these filters: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

The tags on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: what do they signify?

The game's server browser reads the tags The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore publishes: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules, which are harsher; mp100 (Max players): 100 is the number of slots; ts0 (Group limit): No teams; v2635 (Protocol): The game version must match protocol 2635 to join; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet carries it, the standard layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code absent; ^m (Monthly): One wipe a month, alongside the force wipe from Facepunch; ^h (Hardcore): The hardcore ruleset from Facepunch: survival is harsher and helpers are fewer; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Under Modded, because settings or plugins alter the game; modded (Modded): Under Modded, because settings or plugins alter the game; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America. At the top of this page are its current players, queue and world creation time, all taken from the tags.

The wipes

Wipe day on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: what should be expected?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 4 players. 3 hours into the latest wipe the crowd reached its peak.

On what schedule does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore wipe?

The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore wipes with the force wipe alone, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, when all Rust servers are wiped. Of note: the current world is 27 days 21 hours old. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.

How to join

Which steps join The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

Join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you, or open the console with F1 and enter client.connect 51.222.245.218:28015. A website is listed for the server: https://therustingdead.com.

§ 9Key to the tagswhat each one means

Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0,^o^z,modded

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules, which are harsher.
mp100
Max players 100 is the number of slots.
ts0
Group limit No teams.
v2635
Protocol The game version must match protocol 2635 to join.
cs168909
Build Build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet carries it, the standard layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code absent.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly One wipe a month, alongside the force wipe from Facepunch.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore The hardcore ruleset from Facepunch: survival is harsher and helpers are fewer.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide The plugin framework is Oxide (uMod).
^z
Modded Under Modded, because settings or plugins alter the game.
modded
Modded Under Modded, because settings or plugins alter the game.

Region

NA
North America The server browser files it 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.