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Specimen recordcat. no. 4,491habitat unknownfirst seen 13 Sep 2026

[EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small

Online 79.137.98.20:28019 checked 10m ago

official teams off monthly wipes hardcore

Measurements

Players now
0/ 150
0% full
7-day average
0
peak 4
Rank
#4,491
top 20%
Last wipe
19h ago
monthly schedule
Next wipe
6d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC FW
Obs. 1 · sightings

Players

AveragePeakWipe
0123406:0015:0001:0010:0019:0004:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 10:14 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Obs. 2 · condition

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
010020030040006:0015:0001:0010:0019:0004:00Wiped Thu 29 Oct, 10:14 UTCWIPE

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
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct14 Oct22 Oct30 Oct

Top 20% of all ranked servers. 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 6d 13h. The force wipe · high confidence

17.5 days
usual gap
between real wipes
0%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
6
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
50%
crowd held
else halves by day 14

Coming wipes

6d 13h
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTC
FW
34d 13h
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTC
FW

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Thu 8 OctThu 24 Sep
02468+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 6, 8 hours in.

Log · wipes seen

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Thu 29 Oct, 10:14 UTC19h ago – – running 0
Thu 8 Oct, 07:24 UTC21d ago 6 halved by day 14 21.1 days 2
Thu 24 Sep, 11:42 UTC35d ago 6 held half 13.8 days 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 [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small at #4,491, within the top 20% of all ranked servers.

How busy is [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

Of its 150 slots, [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small is using 0 right now. Averaged over seven days, it drew 0 players and reached a peak of 4. The busiest hour in the last 48 was 17:00 UTC, when an average of 3 players were on.

Lists and tags

What do the server tags on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small mean?

What the game's server browser reads from [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small is this set of tags: 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): Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set; mp150 (Max players): You can join up to 150 slots; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2636 (Protocol): Your game needs the same version, protocol 2636, to join; cs169627 (Build): Game build: 169627; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game; $r? (Region code): The region code is left blank; ^m (Monthly): This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe; ^t (Tutorial on): Facepunch's tutorial gives new players a start here; sc2 (Custom tag): A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags. You will see the player count, queue and world creation time at the top of this page, because the tags carry them too.

Who runs [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

The playrust.com hostname that [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small publishes is shared with 124 other servers we track; one operator most likely runs them.

Which Rust Population lists and filters include [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

These Rust Population lists include [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small: Rust tutorial servers, Rust servers in Europe and Official Rust servers, counted. Look for it under these filters on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m and Tutorial on ^t; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours; Boxes: Official only.

Wipe notes

What does wipe day look like on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

Averaged over recent wipes, 6 players were counted at the busiest point. The crowd on the latest wipe peaked 8 hours in. The crowd stayed above half that peak until the next wipe in 50% of its recent wipes. The crowd dropped below half by day 14 when it did not hold.

What is the wipe schedule on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

Once a month [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small wipes, and that is with the force wipe. 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 19 hours ago. Its tags give a wipe schedule of one wipe a month.

Settings

Which map does [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small run?

A procedural map of size 3,750, generated by the game, is in use on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small.

What are the rules and settings on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

Nothing in [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small's name says how gather works. The group limit goes unstated. hardcore is what it runs, Facepunch's most demanding mode. Fighting and raiding between players is allowed. Rust's own Official tab carries it. The anti-cheat VAC from Valve is enabled.

Server details

Which version of Rust does [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small run?

On Windows, [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small runs Rust network protocol 2636 and build 169627. Steam updates your game automatically, but you need the same protocol to join.

Does [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small run smoothly?

In the last 48 hours, it averaged 234 server fps, with a low of 225. Up to 83,000 entities were present, counting buildings, deployables and everything else. Up to 3,229 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps is low and the entity count climbs.

Is [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small online, and how reliable is it?

Right now, [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small is online. Judging by the uptime it reports, the last restart was about 17 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. The first sighting by Rust Population was on 13 September 2026.

Where is [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small located?

The name of [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small points to Europe, though it publishes no region tag. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 79.137.98.20:28019.

How to join

How do I join [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

Open the console with F1 in Rust and enter client.connect 79.137.98.20:28019. 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 mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2636,^m,^t,gmhardcore,cs169627,sc2,ts0

On Rust Population

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.

Game

gmhardcore
Game mode Hardcore rules apply, a harsher set.
mp150
Max players You can join up to 150 slots.
ts0
Group limit Teams are disabled.
v2636
Protocol Your game needs the same version, protocol 2636, to join.
cs169627
Build Game build: 169627.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer here, as standard for the game.
$r?
Region code The region code is left blank.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly This server wipes once a month, at the same time as Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^t
Tutorial on Facepunch's tutorial gives new players a start here.

Other

sc2
Custom tag A plugin or the owner set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags.

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.