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
178.158.214.251:28015
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
Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 178.158.214.251:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 2
- Group limit
- 8, the default
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 4 Sep 2026, 10:25 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 17 Sep 2026
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 hard use?
The name of hard does not include a gather rate. It uses the default group size of 8 players. It plays as survival, gather, build and raid in the standard game. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. The server browser lists it under Community as a community server. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on hard?
The map on hard is procedural, created by the game.
Server tags
What do hard's tags signify?
The game's server browser reads the tags hard publishes: gmrust (Game mode): The usual Rust survival setup; mp2 (Max players): Slot count: 2; ts8 (Group limit): The game default: 8 to a team; v2633 (Protocol): Protocol 2633: match it or you cannot join; cs162929 (Build): Game build is 162929; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
What Boongarust lists feature hard?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for hard: The busiest community servers in Rust. It appears on the server list when you filter by: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.
Server details
What's the physical location of hard?
From hard, there is no region. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 178.158.214.251:28015.
How reliable is hard?
hard is down, with the last sighting 20 days 23 hours ago. Last 7 full days: 0% uptime, with 0 hours up out of 168. The first record Boongarust has is 17 September 2026.
What Rust version is hard using?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 162929 on Windows: that is hard. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe times
hard wipes on what schedule?
The record holds too few of hard's wipes to tell its rhythm. Next force wipe: Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Every Rust server goes down for it, every month. 33 days 20 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Where does hard sit in the rankings?
Player hours over seven days put hard at #15,502, in the top – of all ranked servers.
What's the player count on hard?
Offline. hard was last seen 20 days 23 hours ago.
How to join
What's the process to join hard?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 178.158.214.251:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp2,ptrak,$r?,v2633,gmrust,cs162929,ts8.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.