The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 4,467Acc. 2026.4467
| VF | Hardcore | PvP |
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 104.129.133.111:28041 checked 13m ago
The timeline
Wipes
Every wipe on record as a dated marker, the force wipes among them, and the wipes expected next. Newest first in the record below.
13 Sep Now 1 Oct20:20 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 02:40 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202620:20 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 1
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 0
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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 16h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 16hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 16hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
The first 48 hours of its last wipes
Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 1, 5 hours in.
The record
Population, performance and rank
Kept in folders: players every five minutes, every hour and every day; the server answering for itself; its rank among every server ranked.
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 20% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Related exhibits
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Visitors' questions about this exhibit
Quick answers
Answered from the figures on this page.
Tags, lists
What do the server tags on | VF | Hardcore | PvP | mean?
The game's server browser reads these tags published by | VF | Hardcore | PvP |: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore, applies here; mp40 (Max players): 40 slots are set on this server; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game has to be on protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Build number: 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe falls on this server, and a wipe comes once a month; ^h (Hardcore): This is hardcore, Facepunch's mode with fewer helpers and harsher survival; ^y (Carbon): Carbon, a plugin framework, runs on this server; ^q (Premium): The server admits only players holding Rust's premium status. Shown at the top of this page are the current players, the queue and the world's age, also taken from the tags.
Which Rust Server History lists and filters include | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
These Rust Server History lists include | VF | Hardcore | PvP |: Rust community servers. It appears under these filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and Plugins, not modded; Game mode: Hardcore and Premium; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Premium ^q and Carbon ^y; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
Server entry
Does | VF | Hardcore | PvP | run smoothly?
Averaged over the last 48 hours: 30 server fps, with 17 the lowest. As many as 125,400 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. Up to 3,813 MB of memory was used. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does | VF | Hardcore | PvP | run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the build | VF | Hardcore | PvP | runs, on Linux. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is | VF | Hardcore | PvP | online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows | VF | Hardcore | PvP | online right now. Going by its reported uptime, it restarted about 18 hours ago. Of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 167 were up: 99% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 13 September 2026.
Where is | VF | Hardcore | PvP | located?
There is no region published by | VF | Hardcore | PvP |. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 104.129.133.111:28041.
Wipe record
What does wipe day look like on | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
An average peak of 1 players was drawn by its recent wipes. 5 hours into the latest wipe the crowd peaked.
What is the wipe schedule on | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
Once a month | VF | Hardcore | PvP | wipes, 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. 27 days 6 hours ago its current world was made. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Player counts
How does | VF | Hardcore | PvP | rank against other Rust servers?
Over seven days of player hours, | VF | Hardcore | PvP | ranks #4,467, inside the top 20% of all ranked servers.
How busy is | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
Against 40 slots, | VF | Hardcore | PvP | records 0 players right now. The seven-day average stands at 0 players; the peak is 3. The busiest hour of the last 48 was 22:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.
Map and rules
What are the rules and settings on | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
No gather rate is stated in the name of | VF | Hardcore | PvP |. No group limit is recorded. Under game mode, the entry reads hardcore, Facepunch's mode at its hardest. You may fight and raid other players. The Community section of the server browser carries it. Plugins in use: Carbon. The server admits only players holding Rust's premium status. VAC from Valve is switched on.
Which map does | VF | Hardcore | PvP | run?
Generated by the game at size 4,500, the map on | VF | Hardcore | PvP | is procedural.
Joining the server
How do I join | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
Entering client.connect 104.129.133.111:28041 in the console (F1) connects you to this server. The Launch Rust button on this page does the same: it opens the game via Steam and connects on your behalf. The server admits only players holding Rust's premium status. https://discord.com/invite/VanillaFudge is its website.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^y,^m,^h,gmhardcore,cs168909,^q,ts0
Game
gmhardcore
mp40
ts0
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Difficulty
^h
Mods and access
^y
^q
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.