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Specimen recordcat. no. 8,598NAfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

That Hardcore Life

Online NA 108.247.41.33:28015 checked 13m ago

teams off monthly wipes moddedoxidehardcore

Measurements

Players now
0/ 50
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 1
Rank
#8,598
top 39% · #1210 in NA
Last wipe
27d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 1h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeak
00.250.50.75118:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

025507510018:0003:0012:0021:0006:0015:00

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.

Obs. 3 · standing

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 39% of all ranked servers, top 65% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

force wipes only

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 1h. The force wipe · high confidence

2
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

Coming wipes

7d 1h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
35d 1h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

00.511.52+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 1 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 1 Oct, 18:55 UTC FW27d ago 2 – 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.

Field questions

Quick answers

from the figures on this page

Population

How does That Hardcore Life rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days That Hardcore Life is #8,598, #1,210 in North America, placing it in the top 39% of ranked servers.

How busy is That Hardcore Life?

Of its 50 slots, That Hardcore Life is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 1. In the last 48 hours the peak hour came at 19:00 UTC, averaging 1 players.

Tags

What do the server tags on That Hardcore Life mean?

The game's server browser reads the tags That Hardcore Life publishes: gmhardcore (Game mode): The ruleset is hardcore, which is harsher; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts0 (Group limit): The team system is turned off; v2635 (Protocol): The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Facepunch's hardcore mode reduces the helpers and makes survival harsher; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include That Hardcore Life?

On Rust Population, That Hardcore Life is filed under these lists: Modded Rust servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe schedule

What does wipe day look like on That Hardcore Life?

The busiest point of its recent wipes averaged 2 players. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 1 hours in.

What is the wipe schedule on That Hardcore Life?

That Hardcore Life wipes with the force wipe and at no other time, once a month. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. The world it runs now dates from 27 days 22 hours ago. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does That Hardcore Life run?

A procedural map of size 4,250, generated by the game, is in use on That Hardcore Life.

What are the rules and settings on That Hardcore Life?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: That Hardcore Life states none. No group limit is published. You get hardcore here, Facepunch's most demanding mode. You can raid and fight other players here. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does That Hardcore Life run?

The setup is Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on Linux for That Hardcore Life. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does That Hardcore Life run smoothly?

It ran at 71 server fps on average over the last 48 hours, and never went below 54. The entity count reached 102,733: buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 4,698 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.

Is That Hardcore Life online, and how reliable is it?

That Hardcore Life is up and running at the moment. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 2 days 1 hours ago. Over the last 7 full days, 143 of 168 hours were online, or 85%. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is That Hardcore Life located?

By its NA tag, That Hardcore Life says it is in North America. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. You will find it at 108.247.41.33:28015.

Getting in

How do I join That Hardcore Life?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 108.247.41.33:28015. Joining from this page with Launch Rust works too, opening Rust through Steam and connecting you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^h,NA,gmhardcore,cs168909,ts0,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode The ruleset is hardcore, which is harsher.
mp50
Max players 50 slots are available.
ts0
Group limit The team system is turned off.
v2635
Protocol The protocol is 2635; a different version will not connect.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking The standard network layer, RakNet, is in use.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe.

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Facepunch's hardcore mode reduces the helpers and makes survival harsher.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here.
^z
Modded Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded.

Region

NA
North America The server browser lists it under North America.

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.