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[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1

official teams off monthly wipes hardcore
Players now 1/ 400 0% full
7-day average 9 peak 21
Rank #1,168 top 5%
Last wipe 13d ago monthly schedule
Next wipe 21d 17h Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

Players

AveragePeak
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Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Server performance

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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

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep25 Sep30 Sep5 Oct10 Oct15 Oct

Top 5% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 21d 17h. The force wipe · high confidence

Wipe-day peak 31 players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

21d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

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Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 31, 4 hours in.

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW13d 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.

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Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Settings and map

What are the server rules for [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

A gather rate is absent from the name of [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1. There is no published group limit. The server runs hardcore, The hardest mode from Facepunch. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Rust's Official tab includes it. Anti-cheat VAC from Valve is on.

Which map is running on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

On [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, the map is procedural, size 3,750, created by the game.

Server tags

Who is responsible for [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

Because [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 and 124 other servers we track all publish a playrust.com hostname, they are likely run by the same operator.

Where can [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 be found in Rust Player Count lists and filters?

The Rust Player Count lists that [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 fits are: Rust tutorial servers, EU Rust servers and Official Rust servers. You can find it on the server list using these filters: Region: Europe; Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 2 weeks; Boxes: Official only.

What information do the tags on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 convey?

For the game's server browser, [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 publishes: 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, which are more punishing; mp400 (Max players): The server has 400 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2634 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2634; cs167781 (Build): It runs on game build 167781; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the game's default networking; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Wipes occur monthly, at the same time as the force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): Start here with the tutorial from Facepunch if you are new; sc2 (Custom tag): A custom tag, not part of standard Rust: added by the owner or a plugin. You will also find its current players, its queue and its world creation time in the tags, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How full is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

1 of 400 slots are filled on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 right now. The average player count for the last seven days is 9, and the highest point was 21. In the past 48 hours, the peak activity occurred at 15:00 UTC, averaging 16 players.

Where does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 sit in the rankings?

[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 is in the top 5% of all ranked servers with a rank of #1,168 for player hours over the past seven days.

Server information

What is the online status and reliability of [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

Right now, [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 is up. The uptime it gives suggests it restarted about 12 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 of 168 hours. Rust Player Count recorded it for the first time on 13 September 2026.

What is the Rust version for [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

Windows hosts [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, which runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167781. Joining requires the same protocol on your game; Steam updates it for you.

Where can you find [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

Without a region tag from [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, its name points to Europe. Where a server says it is, that is what Rust Player Count shows; it does not check the machine's actual location. It is located at 79.137.98.161:28015.

Is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 lag-free?

The server ran at an average of 226 fps over the last 48 hours, never falling below 186. Up to 100,498 entities were present, including buildings, deployables and other world objects. At its highest, it used 4,170 MB of memory. What players perceive as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Wipe days

What happens on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 when a wipe occurs?

The average busiest point in recent wipes reached 31 players. The latest wipe saw its biggest crowd 4 hours in.

How often does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 wipe?

Monthly force wipes are the sole wipes on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. It has been running its current world for 13 days 8 hours. Its tags declare wipes on a monthly schedule.

Connect to the server

How can I connect to [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

Joining is done by opening the console (F1) and running client.connect 79.137.98.161:28015. Another way is the Launch Rust option on this page, which uses Steam to start Rust and put you in.

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2634,^m,^t,gmhardcore,cs167781,sc2,ts0

On Rust Player Count

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.

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules, which are more punishing.
mp400
Max players The server has 400 slots.
ts0
Group limit Teams are disabled.
v2634
Protocol To join, your game must match protocol 2634.
cs167781
Build It runs on game build 167781.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the game's default networking.
$r?
Region code No region code is set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Wipes occur monthly, at the same time as the force wipe.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on Start here with the tutorial from Facepunch if you are new.

Other

sc2
Custom tag A custom tag, not part of standard Rust: added by the owner or a plugin.

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.