Hardcore Purist
OVR is 100 less its top share among ranked servers: top 71%.
Power level
Players on it, from the Steam server list.
Every five minutes.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Tale of the tape
Against its closest rival: the most similar server we track.
Wipe receipt
209.252.174.159:28015
THANK YOU · COME AGAIN NEXT WIPE
The map
Under the hood
Asked of the server directly. Low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
The ranking
Down 1477 places on last week. Top 71% of all ranked servers. Daily; 1 is best.
Spec sheet
- Address
- 209.252.174.159:28015
- Region
- –
- Max players
- 100
- Group limit
- teams off
- Wipe schedule
- –
- Last wipe
- 7 Jun 2026, 11:22 UTC
- Hostname
- –
- First seen
- 27 Sep 2026
Other contenders
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Map and rules
What are Hardcore Purist's rules and configuration?
There is no gather rate in the name of Hardcore Purist. No group limit is published. It plays as hardcore, Facepunch's most difficult mode. You can fight and raid other players. Modded in the browser is where it appears: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
What's the map on Hardcore Purist?
A procedural map is in use on Hardcore Purist, made by the game.
Server tags
What are the tags on Hardcore Purist for?
The game's server browser reads the tags Hardcore Purist publishes: gmhardcore (Game mode): The hardcore ruleset: tougher; mp100 (Max players): 100 players fit in; ts0 (Group limit): No teams on this server; v2627 (Protocol): Protocol 2627: match it or you cannot join; cs153740 (Build): Running build 153740; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, which the game uses as standard; $r? (Region code): The region code is missing; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) handles the plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays. The tags carry its current players, its queue and its world's creation time, and this page puts them up top.
Where does Hardcore Purist appear in Boongarust lists?
On these Boongarust lists you will find Hardcore Purist: Top modded Rust servers. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Modded; Game mode: Hardcore; Server tag: Modded ^z and Oxide ^o.
Server details
Where can you find Hardcore Purist?
From Hardcore Purist, there is no region. Boongarust takes the server at its word on location and does not check where the machine sits. Connect at 209.252.174.159:28015.
How often is Hardcore Purist online?
Hardcore Purist is down, with the last sighting 10 days 7 hours ago. Uptime over the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours from 168. 27 September 2026 is when Boongarust first spotted it.
What Rust version is Hardcore Purist using?
Rust network protocol 2627 and build 153740 on Windows: that is Hardcore Purist. Joining requires your game to be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe info
When does Hardcore Purist wipe?
Hardcore Purist's wipes are too few on record to show a rhythm. The monthly force wipe hits every Rust server, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. 123 days 12 hours ago this server built its current world.
Player counts
Ranking wise, where does Hardcore Purist place?
In the top 71% of all ranked servers, Hardcore Purist is #16,970 on player hours over the last seven days.
Is Hardcore Purist busy?
Hardcore Purist last showed life 10 days 7 hours ago; it is offline now.
How to join
How do you connect to Hardcore Purist?
Press F1 in Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 209.252.174.159:28015. Or click Launch Rust here, which uses Steam to open the game and join.
Sticker sheet
Every tag it publishes, and what it means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2627,gmhardcore,cs153740,ts0,^o^z.
Flag meanings are Facepunch's.