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Specimen recordcat. no. 15,982eu2first seen 13 Sep 2026

Rust Party #2 Hardcore

Offline EU · eu2 188.143.221.41:28019 checked 23d ago

monthly wipes moddedoxidehardcore

Measurements

Players now
0/ 250
0% full
7-day average
0
peak –
Rank
#15,982
top 71% · #2514 in EU
Last wipe
418d ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
7d 17h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

No hourly history yet.

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

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. 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 Sep23 Sep4 Oct6 Oct9 Oct12 Oct

Top 71% of all ranked servers, top 88% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

Obs. 4 · the wipe cycle

Wipe schedule

Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 17h. The force wipe

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
No wipe seen yet.

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 Rust Party #2 Hardcore rank against other Rust servers?

On player hours over the last seven days Rust Party #2 Hardcore is #15,982, #2,514 in Europe, placing it in the top 71% of ranked servers.

How busy is Rust Party #2 Hardcore?

We have no live count for Rust Party #2 Hardcore right now. It was last seen 23 days 11 hours ago.

Tags

What do the server tags on Rust Party #2 Hardcore mean?

These are the tags Rust Party #2 Hardcore publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmhardcore (Game mode): The ruleset is hardcore, which is harsher; mp250 (Max players): The server has 250 slots; ts1000 (Group limit): You may team with up to 1000 players; v2597 (Protocol): The protocol is 2597; a different version will not connect; cs130036 (Build): Game build: 130036; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $reu2 (Region code): The code for this server's region is eu2; ^m (Monthly): Monthly wipes take place, following Facepunch's force wipe; ^h (Hardcore): Hardcore mode, as Facepunch designed it: fewer helpers and harsher survival; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use; ^z (Modded): This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game; EU (Europe): In the server browser it appears under Europe. 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 Rust Party #2 Hardcore?

These Rust Population lists include Rust Party #2 Hardcore: Rust servers in Europe and Modded Rust servers, counted. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m, Hardcore ^h, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.

Wipe schedule

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Party #2 Hardcore?

The next wipe for Rust Party #2 Hardcore is estimated from the force wipe. The force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC is its next wipe, and every Rust server wipes then. Counted from 418 days ago, that is how long the current world has stood. In its tags a monthly wipe schedule is published.

Settings

Which map does Rust Party #2 Hardcore run?

The map on Rust Party #2 Hardcore is procedural, made by the game.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Party #2 Hardcore?

The name tells you nothing about gather rates: Rust Party #2 Hardcore states none. A group may hold 1000 players at most. You get hardcore here, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Modded is its browser category: plugins or settings change the game. The plugins it runs are Oxide. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.

Server details

Which version of Rust does Rust Party #2 Hardcore run?

On Windows, Rust Party #2 Hardcore runs Rust network protocol 2597 and build 130036. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.

Is Rust Party #2 Hardcore online, and how reliable is it?

We last saw Rust Party #2 Hardcore 23 days 11 hours ago, and it is offline now. It was up 0% of the time over the last 7 full days, 0 out of 168 hours. It was first seen by Rust Population on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust Party #2 Hardcore located?

The region code Rust Party #2 Hardcore gives is eu2, and its EU tag places it in Europe. What Rust Population shows is where a server says it is; where the machine actually stands is not looked up. Connect at 188.143.221.41:28019.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Party #2 Hardcore?

To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 188.143.221.41:28019; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.

Key to its markings

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp250,ptrak,$reu2,v2597,^m,^h,EU,gmhardcore,cs130036,ts1000,^o^z

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode The ruleset is hardcore, which is harsher.
mp250
Max players The server has 250 slots.
ts1000
Group limit You may team with up to 1000 players.
v2597
Protocol The protocol is 2597; a different version will not connect.
cs130036
Build Game build: 130036.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$reu2
Region code The code for this server's region is eu2.

Wipe schedule

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

Difficulty

^h
Hardcore Hardcore mode, as Facepunch designed it: fewer helpers and harsher survival.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide A plugin framework, Oxide (uMod), is in use.
^z
Modded This server appears under Modded because plugins or settings alter the game.

Region

EU
Europe In the server browser it appears under Europe.

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.