Players
[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1
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 9h. 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.
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Quick answers
About the server
Is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 online, and how reliable is it?
[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 is up as you read this. Going by the reported uptime, it restarted roughly 20 hours ago. It stayed up 99% of the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours. Its earliest entry with Rust Charts dates from 13 September 2026.
Where is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 located?
No region tag is published by [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, but its name points to Europe. Rust Charts doesn't look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 79.137.98.161:28015.
Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Windows is the version [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 runs. Steam updates your game for you; all you need is the same protocol to join.
Does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 run smoothly?
The 48-hour average was 227 server fps; the lowest point was 198. At its fullest it held 99,535 entities: buildings, deployables and the rest of the world. At most it took 4,318 MB of memory. Lag, as players experience it, is low fps plus entities piling up.
Population
How busy is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
Right now 4 players are on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, out of 400 slots. Seven-day figures: 7 players on average and 21 at the peak. 19:00 UTC was the peak of the last 48 hours, with 15 players on average.
How does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the past week put [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 at #1,219, among the top 5% of ranked servers.
Wipe days
What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
Its recent wipes peaked at an average of 31 players. 4 hours into the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
A single monthly wipe, the force wipe, is all [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 runs. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC the force wipe lands, its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes with it. The world in play was made 27 days 15 hours. Its tags carry a wipe schedule of once a month.
How it is set up
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
The name [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 carries no gather rate. There is no published group limit. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most difficult mode. PvP is on: players fight and raid. You will find it in the Official tab in Rust. VAC is on: that is Valve's anti-cheat.
Which map does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 run?
The map on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 is procedural, size 3,750, made by the game.
Tags explained
Who runs [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
The playrust.com hostname [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 uses is also published by 124 other tracked servers — they're most likely under one operator.
Which Rust Charts lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
The Rust Charts lists that carry [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 are: Rust tutorial servers, EU Rust servers and Official Rust servers. On the server list, these filters put it in view: 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?
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): The hardcore ruleset applies, which is harsher; mp400 (Max players): It has 400 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Team play is off; v2635 (Protocol): Protocol 2635: join only if your game matches that version; cs168909 (Build): This server reports build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, the game's default; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): One wipe a month, together with the force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): The Facepunch tutorial runs here for new players; sc2 (Custom tag): Custom tag: set by the owner or a plugin — that's the set of tags [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 publishes for the server browser. The tags also carry the current player count, the queue and when the world was made. You'll find them at the top of this page.
Getting in
How do I join [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
The console is behind F1 in Rust: enter client.connect 79.137.98.161:28015 there. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
