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Merge of HWS Rust Horizon (NA) into HWS Rust Nexus (EU)

Published (August 28, 2026 at 21:40 GMT+2 server time)

Hey, HWS Community.

With the full wipe on October 1st, I've decided to make a change for the HWS Rust servers. One of the biggest problems for the Rust servers currently is the low player count, and with that in mind, it unfortunately doesn't make much sense to be running two separate servers. Both due to the financial aspects, but also because splitting up the players between two servers overall isn't that good when the player count isn't higher.

Therefore, I have decided to do some restructuring of the servers' hardware, and I'll be combining the current three servers (incl. the web server) onto a single machine. With that said, the new machine will be stronger, and much more capable than the current servers.
Unfortunately, the server will be based in the EU, which will of course be a little challenging for you in the NA. I am completely aware of this, and in the future if circumstances change, I will gladly set up a new NA-based server.

My goal will be to make this merge as smooth as possible. Hopefully already during the beginning of next season (starting on September 3rd), I will merge your OCD and EB levels on both servers, so the highest one becomes the level on both servers. For example, if you have OCD level 2 on EU and level 3 on NA, your level would become 3 on both servers.
As for the items inside your OCDs, you will have to move those by yourself using Cross Server Warp. You have until October 1st to do this.
On the wipe on October 1st, I'll also transfer all of your HWS Chips from NA to EU, up to your wipe-safe limit on NA, but ignoring the one on EU. So with EB level 1 and both banks filled, you would get 500 from each server, to a total of 1000 on EU by the season start.

This change will have both some good sides and some bad ones, and I apologize for the inconvenience it'll give to the NA players.
If you have any questions, you're free to ask in #hws-rust-chat in Discord.