The server's own banner, as it publishes it
Exhibit no. 1,219Acc. 2026.1219
[EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1
Rust server · in the archive since 13 September 2026
Online 79.137.98.161:28015 checked 9m 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 Oct17:40 · FW 5 Nov19:00 · FW 3 Dec19:00 · FW
a wipe on recordthe monthly force wipeexpectednow, 29 Oct 2026, 10:45 UTCAll times UTC.
The record of each wipe
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Thu 1 Oct 202617:40 UTC FW27d ago
- Peak
- 31
- Crowd
- –
- Lasted
- running
- Players before
- 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.
The rhythm
Wipe schedule
force wipes only
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 8h. The force wipe · high confidence
Coming wipes
- 7d 8hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
- 35d 8hThu 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 31, 4 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 5% 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
Who runs [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
The same operator most likely runs [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 and 124 other servers we track, as all publish a playrust.com hostname.
What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 mean?
These tags from [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, read by the game's server browser, are: 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 ruleset is hardcore, a harsher one; mp400 (Max players): Slot count: 400; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to join; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe falls on this server, and a wipe comes once a month; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial is open to new players here; sc2 (Custom tag): Standard Rust does not define this tag; the owner or a plugin added it. 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 [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
The Rust Server History lists that feature [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 are: Rust tutorial servers: the record, European Rust servers and Official Rust servers: the record. These filters on the server list bring it up: Region: Europe; Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Boxes: Official only.
Server record
Does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 run smoothly?
Averaged over the last 48 hours: 227 server fps, with 198 the lowest. As many as 99,535 entities were in the world: buildings, deployables and the rest. The highest memory use was 4,318 MB. Lag, as players feel it, has two sources: low fps and a rising entity count.
Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 run?
Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the build [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 runs, on Windows. Steam updates your game for you; joining needs the same protocol.
Is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 online, and how reliable is it?
The live count shows [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 online right now. The uptime it reports puts the last restart at about 21 hours ago. It was up for 167 of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 99% of the time. The first sighting by Rust Server History was on 13 September 2026.
Where is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 located?
Its name points to Europe, though [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 publishes no region tag. The location on Rust Server History is what a server says, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 79.137.98.161:28015.
Wipe history
What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
At their busiest, its recent wipes drew an average of 31 players. At 4 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd reached its peak.
What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
The force wipe is the only wipe on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1, once a month. On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC comes the force wipe, its next wipe, when every Rust server wipes. Made 27 days 17 hours ago, the current world is what it runs now. Its tags carry a monthly wipe schedule.
Population
How does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 rank against other Rust servers?
Player hours over the last seven days put [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 at #1,219: a place in the top 5% of all ranked servers.
How busy is [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
Of its 400 slots, [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 currently has 4 filled. The seven-day average stands at 7 players; the peak is 21. An average of 15 players at 19:00 UTC made that the busiest hour of the last 48.
Rules and settings
What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
You will not find a gather rate in the name of [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1. The entry carries no group limit. hardcore is the game mode, Facepunch's most punishing mode. You may fight and raid other players. The in-game Official tab of Rust lists it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is active.
Which map does [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 run?
A procedural map of size 3,750 is what [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1 runs, generated by the game.
How to join
How do I join [EU] Facepunch Hardcore 1?
Enter client.connect 79.137.98.161:28015 in the console, opened with F1 in Rust. Launch Rust and join on this page also works: it opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
The label explained
Server tags
What each tag this server publishes means.
Published as mp400,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^t,gmhardcore,cs168909,sc2,ts0
On Rust Server History
Game
gmhardcore
mp400
ts0
v2635
cs168909
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Gameplay
^t
Other
sc2
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.