The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 15,269Acc. 2026.15269
Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs
Rust server, NA · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online NA 66.51.99.163:28000 checked 11m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 1 Oct17:47 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 30 Oct 2026, 02:10 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:47 UTC FW28d ago
- Peak
- 2
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 6d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 34d 16hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 37 hours in.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server 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.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 80% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags, lists
What do the server tags on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs mean?
You can see the tags Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs publishes, read by the game's server browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): This server runs hardcore, the harsher ruleset; mp40 (Max players): The server holds 40 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Team play is off here; v2635 (Protocol): The server runs game protocol 2635; matching it is required to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe falls on this server, and a wipe comes once a month; ^h (Hardcore): Fewer helpers and a harsher survival: Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings alter the game, so it is listed under Modded; ^y (Carbon): Plugins run through Carbon here; NA (North America): Its entry in the server browser sits under North America. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and the world's creation time, shown at the top of this page.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
These Rust Server History lists include Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs: Modded Rust servers: the record and North America Rust servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Carbon ^y; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server entry
Does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs run smoothly?
Across the last 48 hours it averaged 60 server fps; the low was 57. Buildings, deployables and everything else in the world came to as many as 106,593 entities. Up to 3,867 MB of memory was used. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and a climbing entity count.
Which version of Rust does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs run?
On Linux, Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam keeps it updated for you.
Is Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs online right now. About 39 hours ago is when it last restarted, judged by the uptime it reports. It was up for 167 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 99% of the time. First seen by Rust Server History on 13 September 2026.
Where is Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs located?
With its NA tag, Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs lists itself in North America. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You can reach it at 66.51.99.163:28000.
Wipe record
What does wipe day look like on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
2 players on average was the busiest its recent wipes drew. At 37 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
The force wipe is the only wipe on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. The world it runs now dates from 28 days 8 hours ago. The tags list a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
How does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs rank against other Rust servers?
Seven days of player hours rank Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs at #15,269, in the top 69% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #1,496.
How busy is Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
Of its 40 slots, Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs currently has 0 filled. The seven-day average for this entry is 0 players.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
The name of Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs carries no gather rate. No group limit is recorded. Under game mode, the entry reads hardcore, Facepunch's mode at its hardest. Fighting and raiding between players are permitted. Plugins or settings alter the game here, and the browser lists the server under Modded. Plugins in use: Carbon. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs run?
A procedural map of size 4,250 is what Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs runs, generated by the game. Its map carries the name: Custom Map.
Join record
How do I join Rusty Goats | Hardcore | No Tech Tree | Better NPCs?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console, then enter client.connect 66.51.99.163:28000 to connect. Launch Rust from this page instead and you join through Steam with the connect already made. https://discord.com/invite/TjqW7Cwed5 is its website.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^z,^y,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0
Game
gmhardcore
mp40
ts0
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^h
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.