[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1
Online 79.137.98.161:28015 checked 14m 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 5% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 10h. 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 31, 4 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW27d ago | 31 | – | running | 3 |
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 [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
A playrust.com hostname is published by [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 and by 124 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1: Rust tutorial servers, European Rust servers, live and Official Rust servers, watched. It appears under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Boxes: Official only.
What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 mean?
These are the tags [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 publishes for the browser: 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): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp400 (Max players): Slots: 400; 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): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which is the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): Once a month it wipes, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial is on offer for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it's not one of Rust's standard tags. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
Population
How does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 rank against other Rust servers?
A seven-day player-hours placing of #1,220 puts [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 in the top 5% of all ranked servers.
How many players are on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 right now?
[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 is holding 4 players, with 400 slots in total. Averaging 7 players across seven days, it topped out at 21. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 19:00 UTC, averaging 15 players.
About the server
Is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 is up and running. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 19 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.
Does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 227 server fps, with a low of 199. At its peak it held 99,535 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 4,318 MB of memory was used. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.
Where is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 located?
No region tag comes from [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, but its name points to Europe. It is where a server says it is that Rust Pop Watch shows; the machine's actual location is not looked up. Connect at 79.137.98.161:28015.
Which Rust version is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 on?
On Windows, [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. Steam updates your game so it matches the protocol needed to join.
The wipe schedule
What happens on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 when wipe day comes around?
Recent wipes averaged a peak of 31 players at their busiest. 4 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe arrives: its next wipe, and one that hits every Rust server. 27 days 14 hours is when the present world was made. A wipe schedule of one wipe a month is published in its tags.
Map and rules
Which map does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 run?
A procedural map of 3,750 is what [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 runs, generated by the game.
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
No gather rate appears in the name of [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1. Nothing on group size is published here. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most punishing mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. Look in Rust's in-game Official tab and it is there. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is switched on.
How to join
How do I join [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
Enter client.connect 79.137.98.161:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.