Online NA 64.20.51.155:28080 checked 11m ago
RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests
By the numbersMatch stats
against its 50 slotsThe story of the match
Players, performance and rank, hour by hour and day by day.
CrowdPlayers
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
FitnessServer performance
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.
FormRank
daily · 1 is bestTop 7% of all ranked servers, top 12% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
FixturesWipe schedule
fixed weekdaysNext wipeThursday 5 November, 19:00 UTCin 7d 3h The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 14d 1hThu 12 Nov, 17:07 UTC
- 35d 3hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
- 42d 1hThu 10 Dec, 17:07 UTC
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 19, 9 hours in.
ResultsWipes
newest first| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 15 Oct, 17:07 UTC13d ago | 19 | – | running | 2 |
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW27d ago | 21 | halved by day 7 | 14 days | 2 |
| Thu 17 Sep, 17:11 UTC41d ago | 24 | halved by day 7 | 14 days | 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
About the server
Is RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests online, and how reliable is it?
Online now, RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests is up. About 5 hours ago is when it restarted, judging by its reported uptime. The last 7 full days put it at 167 of 168 hours up, 99% uptime. The first record Rust Player Stats has of it is 14 September 2026.
Does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests run smoothly?
The last 48 hours average out at 57 server fps; it never dropped below 48. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world pushed the entity count to 149,369. 4,499 MB of memory was the high point. Lag, to a player, is these two together: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which Rust version is RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests on?
On Windows, RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game for you, but the protocol has to match to join.
Where is RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests located?
The NA tag on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests puts it in North America. Where the machine physically stands is not looked up by Rust Player Stats; it shows only what the server states. 64.20.51.155:28080 is the address.
Server tags
What do the server tags on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests mean?
gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset: hardcore; mp50 (Max players): The cap is 50 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Team play is disabled; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to run protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build here is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Standard network layer RakNet is in use; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^b (Biweekly): Every two weeks it wipes; ^h (Hardcore): Fewer helpers and harsher survival: that's Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^p (PvE): No player fights: the world is the danger; ^z (Modded): The game changes here through plugins or settings, so it's listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): The plugin framework is Carbon; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America are the tags RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests publishes, and the game's server browser reads them. You will also find its current players, its queue and the age of its world in the tags, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Player Stats lists and filters include RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
These Rust Player Stats lists take RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests: Modded Rust servers, live, Best Rust PvE servers (2026) and North America Rust servers. Under the server list's filters it appears in: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE and Hardcore; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, Hardcore ^h, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks.
Rules and settings
Which map is running on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
The game generates the procedural map on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests, size 4,800.
What are the rules and settings on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
No gather rate appears in the name of RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests. No group limit is published. hardcore, The hardest mode Facepunch runs. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Plugins or settings change the game, so the server browser lists it as Modded. Plugins in use: Carbon. VAC is on, so Valve's anti-cheat is watching.
Player counts
How full is RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests right now?
2 of 50 slots are filled on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests right now. Averaged across seven days: 4 players. The high point: 13. Peak traffic in the last 48 hours landed at 22:00 UTC, averaging 5 players.
Where does RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests sit in the rankings?
RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests sits at #1,458 for player hours in the past seven days — #218 in North America and inside the top 7% of every ranked server.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests follows a wipe rhythm of every 4 weeks on Thursday at 17:07 UTC. When every Rust server wipes, on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, its next wipe is the force wipe. The world it runs now was made 13 days 22 hours ago. The wipe schedule in its tags is every two weeks.
What does wipe day look like on RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 21 players. 9 hours after the wipe, the crowd peaked on the latest wipe. Until the next wipe, the crowd stayed above half that peak in 0% of its recent wipes. By day 7, it had fallen below half when it didn't hold.
How to join
How do I join RustNK - Custom Hardcore PvE, NPCs, Events & Quests?
In the Rust console (F1) type client.connect 64.20.51.155:28080. Alternatively, Launch Rust on this page opens Rust through Steam and drops you straight in.
GlossaryServer tags
what each one meansPublished as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^b,^h,NA,^p,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0
Game
gmhardcore
mp50
ts0
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^b
Difficulty
^h
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^z
^y
Region
NA
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.