Hardcore Purist
Offline 209.252.174.159:28015 checked 31d 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. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 71% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
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.
Lists and tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Hardcore Purist?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Hardcore Purist: Modded Rust servers, live. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o.
What do the server tags on Hardcore Purist mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Hardcore Purist: gmhardcore (Game mode): Hardcore rules make it harsher; mp100 (Max players): There are 100 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled on this server; v2627 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2627, so your client has to match it to join; cs153740 (Build): It's on game build 153740; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^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. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.
Player counts
How does Hardcore Purist rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place Hardcore Purist at #16,970, in the top 71% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on Hardcore Purist right now?
Offline now, Hardcore Purist was last spotted 31 days 1 hours ago.
Server facts
Is Hardcore Purist online, and how reliable is it?
Hardcore Purist shows as offline, last spotted 31 days 1 hours ago. The last 7 full days saw uptime of 0%, with 0 out of 168 hours online. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 27 September 2026.
Where is Hardcore Purist located?
There is no region from Hardcore Purist. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 209.252.174.159:28015.
Which Rust version is Hardcore Purist on?
Rust network protocol 2627 and build 153740 is the version Hardcore Purist runs on Windows. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.
Wipe times
What is the wipe schedule on Hardcore Purist?
Hardcore Purist's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives, and every Rust server wipes with it at monthly intervals. The world it is running now dates from 144 days 6 hours.
Rules and settings
Which map does Hardcore Purist run?
A procedural map is what Hardcore Purist runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on Hardcore Purist?
Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Hardcore Purist. Nothing on group size is published here. It runs hardcore, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Players can raid and fight one another. Plugins or settings alter the game, and the browser lists it as Modded. The plugin count is Oxide. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.
Join up
How do I join Hardcore Purist?
Enter client.connect 209.252.174.159:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.