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[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1

Online, with 4 of 400 players on; ranked #1,223 of every public Rust server, the top 5%. It last wiped 27d ago.

Filed under official teams off monthly wipes hardcore
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The server's own banner, as it publishes it.
4/ 400 players now 1% full
77-day averagepeak 21
#1,223ranktop 5%
27d agolast wipemonthly schedule
7d 11hnext wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The crowd

Players

Who is on it, hour by hour and day by day.

AveragePeak
0510152008:0017:0002:0010:0020:0005:00

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

Frames per second, entities and memory, asked of the server itself.

010020030040008:0017:0002:0010:0020:0005:00

Note: 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.

The standings

Rank

Its place among every ranked server, day by day; 1 is best.

RankRank in region
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

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

The wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Force wipes only.

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 11h. The force wipe · high confidence

31 wipe-day peak players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

  1. 7d 11hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
  2. 35d 11hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW

The first 48 hours of its last wipesPlayers each hour, from the hour of the wipe

010203040+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

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

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 17:40 UTC FW27d ago 31 – running 3

Note: 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 short version

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Wipe cycle

On [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, what happens on wipe day?

The average busiest point of its recent wipes was 31 players. The peak crowd on this wipe came 4 hours after it started.

On what schedule does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 wipe?

The only wipe on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 is the monthly force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, the force wipe that applies to all Rust servers. This world dates from 27 days 13 hours ago. Its tags state a monthly wipe schedule.

About the server

How well does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 perform?

Server fps averaged 227 over 48 hours; the lowest reading was 199. The world held a peak of 99,535 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. It drew as much as 4,318 MB of memory. What players feel as lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.

Which Rust version is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 on?

The Rust build is network protocol 2635 and build 168909, running on Windows, for [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1. Joining needs your game on the same protocol, which Steam updates for you.

How reliable is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, and is it up at the moment?

At the time of this check [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 is online. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 17 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 167 of 168 hours up, or 99% of the time. Rust Insights first logged this server on 13 September 2026.

Where does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 run from?

The name of [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 points to Europe, even though no region tag is published. Rust Insights reports the location a server declares, not the physical place of the machine. You can reach it at 79.137.98.161:28015.

Tags

Which meanings sit behind the tags on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

The tags 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 the game harsher; mp400 (Max players): It holds 400 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Team play is disabled; v2635 (Protocol): To join you need the same version; protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): It runs game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): The wipe cycle is monthly and lines up with Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): Owners and plugins can add tags, and this is one; it is not standard Rust are what [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 publishes, and the server browser in the game reads them. You will find the present player count, the queue and the world's creation time among the tags, and they are displayed at the top of this page.

Who is behind [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 and 124 other servers we track all publish a playrust.com hostname, so the same operator most likely runs them.

On which Rust Insights lists does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 appear?

The Rust Insights lists that carry [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 are Rust servers running the tutorial, Rust servers in Europe and Official Rust servers, listed. You will find it on the server list by applying these filters: Region: Europe; Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Boxes: Official only.

Population history

What does the population of [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 look like?

[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 shows 4 players at the moment, against 400 slots. The seven-day average is 7 players, and the highest point in that week was 21. Look at the last 48 hours and the peak hour is 19:00 UTC, at 15 players on average.

How does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 compare with other Rust servers in the ranking?

Player hours over seven days put [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 at #1,223, within the top 5% of the ranked field.

Rules and settings

How is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 configured, and what rules apply?

The name of [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 does not state a gather rate. No group limit is published. You get hardcore as the game mode, The hardest mode Facepunch offers. Players may raid and fight one another. Rust's in-game Official tab lists this server. Anti-cheat: VAC, from Valve, is on.

What is the map on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

A procedural map of size 3,750 is what [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 runs, generated by the game.

Connecting

How do you connect to [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?

Type client.connect 79.137.98.161:28015 into the console, which you open with F1 in Rust. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same job by opening Rust through Steam.

The small print

Server tags

What each one means.

Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmhardcore,cs168909,sc2,ts0

On Rust Insights

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 make the game harsher.
mp400
Max players It holds 400 slots.
ts0
Group limit Team play is disabled.
v2635
Protocol To join you need the same version; protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build It runs game build 168909.
ptrak
Networking Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it.
$r?
Region code A region code has not been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe cycle is monthly and lines up with Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial is available here for new players.

Other

sc2
Custom tag Owners and plugins can add tags, and this is one; it is not standard Rust.

Note: 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.