HE:GO
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 68%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
167.114.158.11:28055
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 857 places on last week. Top 68% of all ranked servers, top 82% in NA. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
HE:GO - Hillside Exiles: Global Offensive. Free-for-all deathmatch on HE Rust2, a competitive shooter layout rebuilt from the ground up in Rust. * 10-minute rounds, instant respawns, a random weapon every life * One gun at a time - drop someone and take theirs, your ammo converts to match * Endless reserve ammo, no healing, no crafting, no downed state - first hit that drops you is the end of it * Military kit + grenades every spawn, with 10 seconds of spawn protection * AI opponents roam the map and fight each other, so the arena is never empty Connect direct at go.hillsiderust.com, or step through the portal in the Lobby.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 167.114.158.11:28055
- Region
- NA
- Max players
- 16
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 18:33 UTC
- Hostname
- go.hillsiderust.com
- First seen
- 13 Sep 2026
- Operator · hillsiderust.com
- Hillside Exiles | Survival |... 1/125 · Hillside Exiles | KOTH 0/16 · Hillside Exiles | Capture the Flag 0/16
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What settings does HE:GO use?
There is no gather rate in the name of HE:GO. The group limit is 8 players, as the game defaults. It plays as minigames & battle royale, parkour, Bedwars, arenas and battle royale. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on HE:GO?
HE:GO uses a procedural map of 1,000 that the game generates with seed 1876800264. The map is identical for the same size and seed, so RustMaps can show it from this page. Custom Map is the map name.
Server tags
What do HE:GO's tags signify?
gmrust (Game mode): Survival as Rust normally plays; mp16 (Max players): Room for 16; ts8 (Group limit): Default team size is 8; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs166494 (Build): Running build 166494; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^e (Minigames): It is a minigame server: arenas, Bedwars, parkour; ^d (Combat training): Train your aim and PvP; the gear is given to you; ^i (Battlefield): Quick, kit-driven PvP on high rates; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) handles the plugins; ^z (Modded): It is Modded: plugins or settings make the difference; NA (North America): Browser listing: North America are the tags HE:GO puts out, and the game's server browser takes them in. From the tags, this page also pulls its live player count, its queue and its world's creation time, and puts them at the top.
What Boongarust lists feature HE:GO?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for HE:GO: Top modded Rust servers, Best Rust aim training servers, Best Rust battlefield servers and North America Rust servers. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Server tag: Minigames ^e, Combat training ^d, Battlefield ^i, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
Who's behind HE:GO?
The same operator probably runs HE:GO and 3 other servers we track, since they all publish a hillsiderust.com hostname.
Server details
How smooth is HE:GO?
The 48-hour average was 240 server fps; the floor was 240. The entity count reached 14: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. It drew as much as 1,022 MB of memory. Players feel lag when fps drops and entities pile up.
Where can you find HE:GO?
With its NA tag, HE:GO lists itself in North America. What you see on Boongarust is where a server says it is, not where the machine is found to stand. Connect at 167.114.158.11:28055.
How often is HE:GO online?
Right now HE:GO is live. Its reported uptime points to a restart roughly 6 days 2 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 100% uptime, with 168 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 13 September 2026.
What Rust version is HE:GO using?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 166494 on Linux: that is HE:GO. You must match the protocol to join; Steam updates it automatically.
Wipe times
Wipe day at HE:GO: what's it like?
Across recent wipes, the average peak was 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
How often does HE:GO wipe?
HE:GO wipes with the force wipe, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is next, and every Rust server wipes with it. 6 days 4 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Where does HE:GO sit in the rankings?
Seven-day player hours put HE:GO at #16,210, within the top 68% of ranked servers and #1,622 across North America.
How many players are on HE:GO?
Right now, 0 players are on HE:GO, which has 16 slots. It averaged 0 players over the last seven days and peaked at 1.
Join the server
How do you connect to HE:GO?
To connect, open the console with F1 in Rust and type client.connect 167.114.158.11:28055. You can also use Launch Rust on this page to open Rust via Steam and connect. You can find its website at https://hillsiderust.com.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp16,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^e,^d,^i,NA,gmrust,cs166494,ts8,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.