The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 12%.
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
51.222.245.218:28015
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
Up 527 places on last week. Top 12% of all ranked servers, top 26% in NA. Daily; 1 is best.
In its own words
Just wiped - October 1st, 2026. Hardcore monthly wipe active. Survive against players, zombies, and the elements in The Rusting Dead.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 51.222.245.218:28015
- Region
- NA
- Max players
- 100
- Group limit
- teams off
- Wipe schedule
- monthly
- Last wipe
- 1 Oct 2026, 18:12 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 13 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 The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore use?
There is no gather rate in the name of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore. The group limit is not published. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most difficult mode. PvP and raiding are enabled. Modded in the browser is where it appears: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Plugins running: Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is disabled.
What's the map on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
A procedural map of 4,250 is in use on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, made by the game. The map is called Procedural.
Server tags
What do The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore's tags signify?
The game's server browser reads the tags The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore publishes: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher set of rules: hardcore; mp100 (Max players): Room for 100; ts0 (Group limit): The team system is off; v2634 (Protocol): Protocol 2634: match it or you cannot join; cs167231 (Build): Game build is 167231; ptrak (Networking): This runs on RakNet, the game's default network layer; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): The calendar is monthly: one wipe with the force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Facepunch's hardcore rules: fewer aids, survival bites harder; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): It is Modded: plugins or settings make the difference; modded (Modded): It is Modded: plugins or settings make the difference; NA (North America): Browser listing: North America. The top of this page also shows its current players, its queue and when its world was made, all taken from the tags.
Which Boongarust filters show The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
These Boongarust lists are a fit for The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore: Top modded Rust servers, Rust servers with zombies and North America Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Server info
Is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore laggy?
Server fps held an average of 29 across the last 48 hours, minimum 12. The entity count reached 99,188: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. Memory use peaked at 4,881 MB. Lag, to players, means low fps and a growing entity count.
What's the physical location of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
The NA tag is what The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore uses to list 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 51.222.245.218:28015.
How often is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore online?
Online: The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, at this moment. A restart happened about 11 hours ago, based on the uptime figure. 168 hours out of 168 across the last 7 full days. 100% uptime. The first record Boongarust has is 13 September 2026.
Which Rust build does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore have?
Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167231 on Linux: that is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore. Steam keeps your game updated; you need the same protocol to connect.
Wipe info
What happens on wipe day at The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
4 players was the average peak on recent wipes. 3 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
When does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore wipe?
The force wipe is the only wipe for The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. 7 days 6 hours ago this server built its current world. Its tags say it wipes monthly.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore place?
In the top 12% of all ranked servers, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is #2,839 on player hours over the last seven days and #491 in North America.
What's the player count on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Right now, 1 players are on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, which has 100 slots. It averaged 2 players over the last seven days and peaked at 5. It was busiest at 08:00 UTC in the last 48 hours, with 3 players on average.
Join the server
What's the process to join The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 51.222.245.218:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join. You can find its website at https://therustingdead.com.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs167231,ts0,^o^z,modded.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.