[EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small, reached at 79.137.98.20:28019. At the last check it held 0 of 150 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 3¹. It ranks #4,712 of all servers, the top 21%. It last wiped 2h ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsofficial teams off monthly wipes hardcore

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1Summary statistics

Plate 1: The server's own banner, as it publishes it. Table 1 gives its figures at the last check.

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	0/150	0% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	0	peak 3, 48 h peak 2
Rank²	#4,712	top 21%
Last wipe	2h ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	7d 6h	Thu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeakWipe

Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory⁴. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

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Server fpsWipe

Figure 2: 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.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 21% of all ranked servers. Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region

Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: force wipes only

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 6h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.

Measure	Value	Note
Usual gap	17.5 days	between real wipes
On rhythm	0%	of its recent wipes
Wipe-day peak	6	players, last three wipes
Crowd held	50%	else halves by day 14

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	7d 6h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	35d 6h	force wipefw

Thu 8 OctThu 24 Sep

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 6, 8 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Thu 29 Oct, 10:142h ago	–	–	running	0
Thu 8 Oct, 07:2421d ago	6	–	–	2
Thu 24 Sep, 11:4235d ago	6	held half	13.8 d	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. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

No map picture published

Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 3750, seed 0.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`79.137.98.20:28019`
Region	–
Max players	150
Group limit	teams off
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	29 Oct 2026, 10:14 UTC
Hostname	staginghardcoresmall.playrust.com
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Procedural Map
Size	3750
Seed	–

7Operator

125 servers publish a playrust.com hostname; the busiest are listed.

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, playrust.com.

Server	Status	Players
[EA] Softcore 1	online	152/350
[EU] Facepunch 1	online	132/400
[EU East] Facepunch 4	online	93/350
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1	online	75/350
[EU East] Facepunch 5	online	50/350
[EA] Facepunch 3	online	40/350
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1	online	38/400
[EU East] Facepunch 7	online	37/300

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are live europe server counts [2], tutorial server list [3], Rust official tag servers [4] and predicted wipe schedule [5].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.

Server	Players
RAGE RUST • ХАРДКОР • МОСКВАEU · no group limit · monthly · 4 on average	9/50
[RU] Friendly Rust – Vanilla Hardcore \| 1x1 РусскийEU · no group limit · monthly · 1 on average	1/100
Rustoria.co - EU East LongEU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 319 on average	407/450
Rusty Moose \|EU Monthly\|EU · groups of 12+ · monthly · 215 on average	246/250
Rustafied.com - EU Long - LargeEU · groups of 16+ · monthly · 127 on average	74/100
Magic Rust — Long \| Kлaccикa x1 \| PyccкийEU · groups of 150+ · 1x · monthly · 122 on average	139/300

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server details

A.1Is the performance of [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small smooth?

The server fps averaged 233 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 225. The highest number of entities it carried was 83,000, comprising buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 3,229 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2In which location is [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small based?

Without a region tag from [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small, its name still points to Europe. Where a server says it is: that is what Rust Statistics shows, without looking up where the machine stands. You will find it at 79.137.98.20:28019.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

[EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small is currently online. Based on the uptime it reports, the last restart occurred about 45 minutes ago. Its uptime over the last full days (7 days) was 99%, with 167 of 168 hours online. Its first appearance in Rust Statistics's records is 13 September 2026.

A.4What is the Rust version for [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

[EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small is running Rust network protocol 2636 and build 169627 on the Windows operating system. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe schedule

A.5When are wipes carried out on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

The only wipe for [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small is the monthly force wipe. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. The current world has been running for 2 hours. The tags show that the server wipes monthly.

A.6How would you describe wipe day on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

The average busiest point of recent wipes was 6 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 8 hours after it began. The crowd stayed above half its peak until the next wipe in 50% of recent wipes. In the other cases, the population fell below half by day 14.

Population

A.7What position does [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small holds #4,712, in the top 21% of all ranked servers.

A.8At what level does [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small operate in terms of players?

On [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small, 0 of the 150 slots are occupied at present. Over the last week the count averages 0 players and reaches 3 at its height. Averaging 1 players, 14:00 UTC was the busiest hour of the past 48.

Tags and filters

A.9By whom is [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small operated?

The same operator most likely runs [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small and 124 other servers we track, since both publish a playrust.com hostname.

A.10What do the tags associated with [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small signify?

The game's server browser reads 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): A harsher ruleset, hardcore; mp150 (Max players): 150 slots are available; ts0 (Group limit): Teams are disabled; v2636 (Protocol): Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2636; cs169627 (Build): The game build is 169627; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes; ^t (Tutorial on): The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here; sc2 (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin set this tag; it is not one of Rust's standard tags, which [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small publishes as its tags. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.11Where can [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small: Rust servers with the tutorial tag, European Rust servers and Official Rust servers. It appears under the following 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.

Rules, settings, map

A.12Which settings and rules are in force on [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

Its name carries no gather rate for [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small. The group limit is not published. hardcore is the game mode here; Of Facepunch's modes, the hardest. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. The in-game Official tab lists it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.13On which map does [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small take place?

[EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small runs a game-generated procedural map; its size is 3,750.

Connection

A.14How do you connect to [EU] Facepunch Staging Hardcore Small?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 79.137.98.20:28019. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp150,ptrak,$r?,v2636,^m,^t,gmhardcore,cs169627,sc2,ts0.

Table 8: The server's tags and their meanings.

Tag	Meaning
On Rust Statistics
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. A harsher ruleset, hardcore.
`mp150`	Max players. 150 slots are available.
`ts0`	Group limit. Teams are disabled.
`v2636`	Protocol. Joining requires the same game version: protocol 2636.
`cs169627`	Build. The game build is 169627.
`ptrak`	Networking. The network layer is RakNet, standard for the game.
`$r?`	Region code. A region code has not been set.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. The cycle is monthly: Facepunch's force wipe is when it wipes.
Gameplay
`^t`	Tutorial on. The tutorial from Facepunch is open to new players here.
Other
`sc2`	Custom tag. The owner or a plugin 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.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

This is an official server owned and operated by Facepunch. The Staging Branch in Rust is a separate version of Rust where new updates and features are tested before being published to the main game. To join, launch 'Rust - Staging Branch' from your Steam library. See more at https://rust.facepunch.com/staging

References

[1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. Live europe server counts. ruststatistics.org/top-eu-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Tutorial server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-tutorial-servers.
[4]Rust Statistics. Rust official tag servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
[5]Rust Statistics. Predicted wipe schedule. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.