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That Hardcore Life

Online NA 108.247.41.33:28015 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 50 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#8,606top 39% · #1208 in NA
RegionNANA · group teams off
Last wipe27d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe7d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75116:0001:0010:0020:0005:0014:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

025507510016:0001:0010:0020:0005:0014:00

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.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 39% of all ranked servers, top 65% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 3h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 3hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 3hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:55 UTC FW27d ago 2 – 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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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include That Hardcore Life?

These Rust Pop Watch lists include That Hardcore Life: Modded Rust servers, live and North America: who's hot right now. These are the filters that list it 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 That Hardcore Life mean?

These are the tags That Hardcore Life publishes for the browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules make it harsher; mp50 (Max players): There are 50 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled on this server; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Facepunch's hardcore mode: harsher survival and fewer helpers; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does That Hardcore Life rank against other Rust servers?

That Hardcore Life takes #8,606 on seven-day player hours, a top 39% spot overall and #1,208 across North America.

How many players are on That Hardcore Life right now?

The current tally at That Hardcore Life: 0 players across 50 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 19:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Server details

Is That Hardcore Life online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, That Hardcore Life is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 2 days ago. It was up 85% of the time over the last 7 full days, 143 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does That Hardcore Life run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 71, with 54 as the lowest. The world carried as many as 102,733 entities, including buildings and deployables. Memory use peaked at 4,622 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Where is That Hardcore Life located?

With its NA tag, That Hardcore Life lists itself in North America. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 108.247.41.33:28015.

Which Rust version is That Hardcore Life on?

On Linux, That Hardcore Life runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.

Wipe times

What happens on That Hardcore Life when wipe day comes around?

Across its recent wipes, the busiest point averaged 2 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 1 hours after it began.

What is the wipe schedule on That Hardcore Life?

Once a month is the whole wipe story for That Hardcore Life, tied to the force wipe. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 27 days 21 hours is when the present world was made. Its tags commit to wipes each month.

Map and rules

Which map does That Hardcore Life run?

The procedural map on That Hardcore Life measures 4,250, generated by the game.

What are the rules and settings on That Hardcore Life?

No gather rate appears in the name of That Hardcore Life. Nothing on group size is published here. It runs hardcore, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

How to join

How do I join That Hardcore Life?

Enter client.connect 108.247.41.33:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules make it harsher.
mp50
Max players There are 50 slots.
ts0
Group limit Teams are disabled on this server.
v2635
Protocol The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join.
cs168909
Build It's on game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

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

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.
^z
Modded The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing.

Region

NA
North America In the server browser it sits under North America.

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.