| VF | Hardcore | PvP |
Online 104.129.133.111:28041 checked 2h ago
Measurements
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.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 23h. 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 1, 5 hours in.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct, 20:20 UTC FW26d ago | 1 | – | running | 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.
Quick answers
Player counts
How does | VF | Hardcore | PvP | rank against other Rust servers?
The last seven days of player hours place | VF | Hardcore | PvP | at #4,543, within the top 20% of all ranked servers.
How busy is | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
The count reads 0 players on | VF | Hardcore | PvP |, which has 40 slots. Seven days of counting give an average of 0 players and a peak of 3. Look at the last 48 hours and 21:00 UTC stands out: it averaged 2 players.
Lists and tags
What do the server tags on | VF | Hardcore | PvP | mean?
The game's server browser reads the tags | VF | Hardcore | PvP | publishes: gmhardcore (Game mode): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp40 (Max players): You can join up to 40 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2635 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2635, to join; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): This server has no region code; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode, as Facepunch designed it: fewer helpers and harsher survival; ^y (Carbon): Carbon provides the plugin framework here; ^q (Premium): Joining requires Rust's premium status. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
These Rust Population lists include | VF | Hardcore | PvP |: Community servers, field-listed. Look for it 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.
Wipe notes
What does wipe day look like on | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 1 players. Peak came 5 hours into the latest wipe.
What is the wipe schedule on | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
The force wipe is the only wipe | VF | Hardcore | PvP | takes, once a month. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC with the force wipe, which takes every Rust server. The world it runs now dates from 26 days 23 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.
Map and rules
Which map does | VF | Hardcore | PvP | run?
A procedural map of size 4,500, generated by the game, is in use on | VF | Hardcore | PvP |.
What are the rules and settings on | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
Nothing in | VF | Hardcore | PvP |'s name says how gather works. You will find no published group limit here. This server runs hardcore, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. A community server, it appears in the Community section of the browser. You will find Carbon running as plugins. Joining requires Rust's premium status. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.
About the server
Which version of Rust does | VF | Hardcore | PvP | run?
The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for | VF | Hardcore | PvP |. The protocol must match for you to join, and Steam updates it for you.
Does | VF | Hardcore | PvP | run smoothly?
It ran at 30 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 17. The entity count reached 125,509: buildings, deployables and all other objects. The highest memory usage was 3,803 MB. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.
Is | VF | Hardcore | PvP | online, and how reliable is it?
| VF | Hardcore | PvP | is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 9 hours ago. It was up 100% of the time over the last 7 full days, 168 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.
Where is | VF | Hardcore | PvP | located?
Nothing published by | VF | Hardcore | PvP | states a region. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 104.129.133.111:28041.
How to join
How do I join | VF | Hardcore | PvP |?
Either enter client.connect 104.129.133.111:28041 in Rust's console after pressing F1, or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and be connected. Joining requires Rust's premium status. You can find its website at https://discord.com/invite/VanillaFudge.