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Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs
Online NA 66.51.99.163:28000 checked 9m ago
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs is a Rust server in North America. At the last count it had 0 players of a possible 40. It stands at No. 15,310 of the ranked servers, the top 69%, and No. 1499 in North America. It last wiped 28d 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, carbon, hardcore.
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
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
Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 81% 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 0h. The force wipe · high confidence
players, last three wipes
| Date, UTC | Hence |
|---|---|
| Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 FW | 7d 0h |
| Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 FW | 35d 0h |
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.
§ 5The record of wipesnewest first
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:47 UTC FW28d 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.
§ 6In its own wordsas the server describes itself
RUSTY GOATS | HARDCORE | NO TECH TREE | BETTER NPCS No map. No team UI. No tech tree. You're on your own out here. WHY PLAY HERE - Hardcore mode - no map, no compass UI, navigate by landmark - No team UI, no safe zones - nowhere to hide, nobody to blame but you - Tech tree disabled - every blueprint has to be earned in the field - Better NPCs - smarter, tougher, they shoot back - Locked crates hack 2x faster, fewer minis in the sky - Ship Vendor - buy a ready-to-sail ship or build your own to sell Map and blueprints wipe first Thursday of the month, 2PM ET. Everyone starts from nothing. That's the point. RULES Don't be a dick. No cheating/scripting/exploits. No racism or harassment. English in global chat. !bangs for commands Join our Discord for support & updates: rustygoats.net
§ 7Similar serversthe same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes
- 1 [NA] Willjum's Casual Solo/Duo Monthly6/175 NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 14 on average
- 2 Hempville 420 No Kos Low Decay / Limited PvP4/90 NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 7 on average
- 3 [US East] Facepunch Hardcore 14/400 NA · no group limit · monthly · 4 on average
- 4 Made in Quebec & France! QC FR EN (Website 9 Languages)3/1000 NA · groups of 8+ · monthly · 4 on average
- 5 Gringers Hardcore|Solo Only|Monthly October 16/50 NA · no group limit · monthly · 3 on average
- 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
On which Rust version does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs operate?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux is what Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs runs. Steam updates your game for you, and it has to be on the same protocol to join.
Is Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs up, and how steady is its uptime?
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs currently answers as online. Of note: the reported uptime places the last restart about 31 hours ago. Of note: 167 of 168 hours up in the last 7 full days, or 99% of the time. Its earliest entry at Rust Server Stats is dated 13 September 2026.
Does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs hold a steady frame?
For the last 48 hours the average was 60 server fps, with a low of 54. Buildings, deployables and the rest brought the entity count to a high of 106,593. Of note: memory use reached 4,165 MB. What players feel as lag: fps running low and entities climbing.
In which location does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs sit?
The NA tag places Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs in North America, as the server lists itself. Rust Server Stats records the stated location of a server, not the location of the machine. 66.51.99.163:28000 — that is the address.
The rules and map
What map is in use on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs runs a procedural map, generated by the game, of size 4,250. Map name, as listed: Custom Map.
What does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs set down in the way of rules and settings?
Nothing in the name of Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs gives a gather rate. The group limit is not stated. Play is hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. Combat and raiding between players are permitted. It sits in the Modded section, with plugins or settings that change play. Plugins run here: Carbon. VAC is enabled: Valve's anti-cheat.
The players
How full does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs get?
The record for Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs shows 0 players, against a capacity of 40. The record shows an average of 0 players over the past seven days.
What position does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs hold among Rust servers?
Ranked on seven-day player hours, Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs holds #15,310, with #1,499 in North America; the top 69% of ranked servers includes it.
Tag and list record
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs sits in which Rust Server Stats lists and filters?
These are the Rust Server Stats lists that include Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs: Modded Rust servers 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 Carbon ^y; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
The tags on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs: what do they signify?
The game's server browser reads the tags Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs publishes: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, under the hardcore name; mp40 (Max players): Slot count: 40; ts0 (Group limit): No teams; v2635 (Protocol): Join only on protocol 2635; other versions cannot connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer: RakNet; $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; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings; the browser lists it as Modded; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a framework for plugins, runs here; NA (North America): The server browser files it under North America. The tags also carry its current players, its queue and the date its world was made. These appear at the top of this page.
The wipes
What happens on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs when wipe day arrives?
The average peak across recent wipes was 2 players. 37 hours into the latest wipe the crowd reached its peak.
The wipe timetable for Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs: what does it show?
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs wipes with the force wipe alone, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes its next wipe, the force wipe that takes every Rust server. The present world dates from 28 days 1 hours. The tags list wipes as monthly.
Connection
What is the way to join Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
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 66.51.99.163:28000. The server's website is recorded as https://discord.com/invite/TjqW7Cwed5.