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The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore

Online NA 51.222.245.218:28015 checked 9m ago

teams off monthly wipes moddedoxidehardcore

Players now

Live
2of 100
Full
2%
In queue
0
Peak, 48 hours
3
Peak, 7 days
3

2% full

Tue 22:00Thu 20:00players each hour · 48 hours · UTC

Rank

#3,467

top 16% · #576 in NA

7-day average

1

peak 3

Last wipe

28d ago

monthly schedule

Next wipe

6d 21h

Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

Players

AveragePeak
0123422:0007:0016:0002:0011:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

01020304022:0007:0016:0002:0011:0020:00

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.

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.

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 21h. The force wipe · high confidence

4wipe-day peakplayers, last three wipes

Coming wipes

  • 6d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  • 34d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

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.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:12 UTC FW28d 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.

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Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Server

Is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore online, and how reliable is it?

The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore is up and taking players now. About 8 hours ago it restarted, judging by the uptime figure it gives. It was online 99% of the last 7 full days, which is 166 of 168 hours. Rust Dashboard logged it for the first time on 13 September 2026.

Which version of Rust does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore run?

On Linux, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam keeps your game updated, so it will be on the same protocol and able to join.

Where is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore located?

In North America, The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore lists itself with the NA tag. A server's stated location is what Rust Dashboard displays; it does not check where the machine stands. Connect to it at 51.222.245.218:28015.

Does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore run smoothly?

Server fps averaged 30 over the last 48 hours and never dropped below 30. The world held as many as 98,355 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. It drew as much as 5,116 MB of memory at peak. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Tags

Which Rust Dashboard lists and filters include The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

The Rust Dashboard lists that carry The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore are: North American Rust servers, Rust servers with zombies in the name and Modded Rust servers, live now. 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.

What do the server tags on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore mean?

These are the tags The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): The ruleset is hardcore, which is harsher; mp100 (Max players): 100 is the slot count; ts0 (Group limit): Team play is off; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must run protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build 168909 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): The game's standard network layer, RakNet, carries this server; $r? (Region code): This server sets no region code; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, together with the force wipe from Facepunch; ^h (Hardcore): Fewer helpers and harsher survival: Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^o (Oxide): This server runs Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded is where it sits: plugins or settings change how the game plays; modded (Modded): Modded is where it sits: plugins or settings change how the game plays; NA (North America): North America is where the server browser puts it. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made, all shown at the top of this page.

Population

How busy is The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

As things stand, 2 players are on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore, which holds 100 slots. Over seven days the mean is 1 players and the peak is 3. Across the last 48 hours, the peak came at 13:00 UTC with an average of 2 players.

How does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore rank against other Rust servers?

The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore holds #3,467 for player hours across seven days, #576 in North America, in the top 16% of all ranked servers.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

Its recent wipes averaged a peak of 4 players. 3 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked.

What is the wipe schedule on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

Once a month The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore wipes, with the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, shared with every Rust server. 28 days 3 hours ago the current world was made. Wipes are listed as monthly in its tags.

Settings

What are the rules and settings on The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

The name of The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore gives no gather rate. The group limit is not published here. hardcore is what it plays, Facepunch's hardest mode. Fighting and raiding between players are both allowed. Modded is its category in the browser, because plugins or settings change the game. Oxide plugins are loaded. The anti-cheat from Valve, VAC, is not active.

Which map does The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore run?

The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore runs a procedural map of size 4,250, made by the game. It gives its map the name Procedural.

How to join

How do I join The Rusting Dead | Zombies | Hardcore?

Type client.connect 51.222.245.218:28015 in the Rust console, which F1 opens. Launch Rust on this page also works: Steam opens Rust and connects you. You can find it online at https://therustingdead.com.

Server tags

what each one means

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

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode The ruleset is hardcore, which is harsher.
mp100
Max players 100 is the slot count.
ts0
Group limit Team play is off.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must run protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Build 168909 is what it runs.
ptrak
Networking The game's standard network layer, RakNet, carries this server.
$r?
Region code This server sets no region code.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, together with the force wipe from Facepunch.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Fewer helpers and harsher survival: Facepunch's hardcore mode.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide This server runs Oxide (uMod) for plugins.
^z
Modded Modded is where it sits: plugins or settings change how the game plays.
modded
Modded Modded is where it sits: plugins or settings change how the game plays.

Region

NA
North America North America is where the server browser puts it.

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.