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[EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small

Online, with 1 of 150 players on; ranked #4,702 of every public Rust server, the top 21%. It last wiped 6h ago.

Filed under official teams off monthly wipes hardcore
Launch Rust and join
The server's own banner, as it publishes it.
1/ 150 players now 1% full
07-day averagepeak 3
#4,702ranktop 21%
6h agolast wipemonthly schedule
7d 2hnext wipeThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW

The crowd

Players

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

AveragePeakWipe
00.511.5217:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 10:14 UTCWIPE

Note: hourly average and peak, UTC.

Under the hood

Server performance

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

Server fpsWipe
010020030040017:0002:0011:0020:0005:0014:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 10:14 UTCWIPE

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Note: Top 21% 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 2h. The force wipe · high confidence

17.5 days usual gap between real wipes
0% on rhythm of its recent wipes
6 wipe-day peak players, last three wipes
50% crowd held else halves by day 14

Coming wipes

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

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

Thu 8 OctThu 24 Sep
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Note: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 6, 8 hours in.

The record

Wipes

Every wipe we saw, newest first.

WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 10:14 UTC6h ago – – running 0
Thu 8 Oct, 07:24 UTC21d ago 6 – – 2
Thu 24 Sep, 11:42 UTC35d ago 6 held half 13.8 days 0

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 schedule

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

Recent wipes peaked at 6 players on average. The peak crowd on this wipe came 8 hours after it started. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. In the other cases, it dropped below half by day 14.

How often does [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small wipe, and on which day?

Each month [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small wipes, and only with the force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which is its next wipe. This world dates from 6 hours ago. Wipes run monthly, as its tags say.

Server

What does performance look like on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

Average server fps over the last 48 hours was 233, with a floor of 225. The world held a peak of 83,000 entities, counting buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory figure was 3,229 MB. Lag, for players, is low fps and an entity count that keeps climbing.

Which Rust version is [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small on?

Rust network protocol 2636 and build 169627 on Windows is what [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small runs. You can only join if your game is on the same protocol; Steam handles that update.

Has [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small stayed online, and is it up now?

At the time of this check [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small is online. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 3 hours ago. The last 7 full days gave 167 of 168 hours up, or 99% of the time. On 13 September 2026 is when Rust Insights first saw it.

In which location does [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small sit?

The name of [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small points to Europe, even though no region tag is published. The location shown on Rust Insights is the one a server states, not a lookup of where the machine sits. Connect through 79.137.98.20:28019.

Tags

How should you read the tags listed for [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

These tags come from [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small and are read by the game's server 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): Harsher rules apply here: hardcore; mp150 (Max players): The slot count is 150; ts0 (Group limit): Team play is disabled; v2636 (Protocol): Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2636; cs169627 (Build): Build 169627 is what it runs; ptrak (Networking): Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month; ^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. Current players, queue length and the age of the world sit in the tags as well, shown at the top of this page.

Which person or group runs [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

The same operator probably runs them: [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small publishes a playrust.com hostname, and so do 124 other servers we track.

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

These Rust Insights lists include [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small: Rust servers running the tutorial, Rust servers in Europe and Official Rust servers, listed. On the server list, the filters that surface it are 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 24 hours; Boxes: Official only.

Player counts

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

[EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small shows 1 players at the moment, against 150 slots. Over the past week it peaked at 3 and averaged 0 players. Its strongest hour in the past 48 was 14:00 UTC, with an average of 1 players.

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

The player-hours ranking for the last seven days puts [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small at #4,702, among the top 21% of all ranked servers.

Map and rules

What are the settings and rules for [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

The name of [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small does not state a gather rate. No group limit is published. You get hardcore as the game mode, The hardest mode Facepunch offers. PvP and raiding are both enabled. You will find it in the Official tab in game. The server has Valve's VAC anti-cheat switched on.

Which map is live on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

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

Connecting

How do you connect to [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

Type client.connect 79.137.98.20:28019 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 mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2636,^m,^t,gmhardcore,cs169627,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 Harsher rules apply here: hardcore.
mp150
Max players The slot count is 150.
ts0
Group limit Team play is disabled.
v2636
Protocol Matching versions are required, and the protocol is 2636.
cs169627
Build Build 169627 is what it runs.
ptrak
Networking Rust's standard network layer, RakNet, carries it.
$r?
Region code A region code has not been set.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Facepunch's force wipe sets the rhythm: one wipe a month.

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.