Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore
Online EU 194.69.160.82:28015 checked 12m ago
Vital stats
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 4% of all ranked servers, top 14% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 6d 18h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 64, 23 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 18:02 UTC FW28d ago | 64 | – | running | 10 |
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.
Tags
Who runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore?
A rplayrust.com hostname is published by Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore and by 16 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore: European Rust servers, live and Official Rust servers, watched. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Hardcore ^h and Oxide ^o; Boxes: Official only.
What do the server tags on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules make it harsher; mp200 (Max players): There are 200 slots; ts0 (Group limit): No teams here; 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): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank; ^h (Hardcore): Fewer helpers and harsher survival in Facepunch's hardcore mode; ^o (Oxide): This server uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; EU (Europe): The server browser lists it under Europe; rustmaps (Custom tag): Standard Rust tags don't include this one: a plugin or the owner set it. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore rank against other Rust servers?
For the last seven days of player hours, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore sits at #982, inside the top 4% of ranked servers and at #420 in Europe.
How many players are on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore right now?
The current tally at Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore: 4 players across 200 slots. Peak for the week was 23, against an average of 10 players. Look at 15:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 20 players on average.
About the server
Is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore online, and how reliable is it?
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore is live at the moment. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 14 hours ago. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 143, a 85% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 30, with 21 as the lowest. At its peak it held 105,787 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 4,005 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore located?
In Europe, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore lists itself with its EU tag. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 194.69.160.82:28015.
Which Rust version is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore on?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore runs on Linux. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
Wipe times
What happens on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore when wipe day comes around?
The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 64 players. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 23 hours after it began.
What is the wipe schedule on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore?
Once a month is the whole wipe story for Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore, 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. The world it is running now dates from 28 days 6 hours.
Map and rules
Which map does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore run?
The custom map on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore measures 3,600, and its published file can be downloaded from this page.
What are the rules and settings on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore. No group limit is published. It runs hardcore, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. The in-game Official tab is where it lives. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Getting in
How do I join Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Hardcore?
The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 194.69.160.82:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. You can find its website at https://redditplayrust.com/login.