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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland, reached at 198.244.177.77:28015. At the last check it held 0 of an unpublished number of places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 21. It ranks #6,435 of all servers, the top 29%. It last wiped 34d ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsofficial duo monthly wipes

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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.
MeasureValueNote
Players now0/?no limit published
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean0peak 2, 48 h peak 2
Rank2#6,435top 29%
Last wipe34d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe37d 14hThu 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.

AveragePeak
00.511.5205:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00
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).

measure
range
02040608005:0014:0023:0008:0017:0003:00
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 29% of all ranked servers, and #285 of the duo servers (top 68%). Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
12k4k6k8k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct
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 14h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Usual gap13.8 daysbetween real wipes
Wipe-day peak2players, last three wipes
Crowd held0%else halves by day 2
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 14hforce wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 14hforce wipefw
Thu 8 OctThu 24 Sep
00.250.50.751+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 7 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 8 Oct, 07:0920d ago 2 – running 0
Thu 24 Sep, 10:4534d ago 2 halved by day 2 13.8 d 2

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

Map of Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland
Figure 5: The map: CraggyIsland, size 1024, seed 57.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address198.244.177.77:28015
Region–
Max players–
Group limitduo
Wipe schedulemonthly
Last wipe24 Sep 2026, 10:45 UTC
Hostnamefpcraggyisland.playrust.com
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapCraggyIsland
Size1024
Seed57

7Operator

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

Table 6: Other servers of the same operator, playrust.com.
ServerStatusPlayers
[US East] Facepunch Premium 1online88/400
[EU] Facepunch 1online56/400
[US] Facepunch Softcore 2online47/300
[US] Facepunch Softcore 1online38/300
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1online37/350
[EA] Softcore 1online33/350
[US East] Facepunch Primitive 1online32/400
[EU East] Facepunch 4online21/350

8Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are servers with a group limit of 2 [2], official Rust server list [3] and upcoming Rust wipes [4].

Table 7: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
[TR][EU] RUSTDEFT | Solo/Duo | Türkiye YeniOyuncu #BestEU · duo · monthly · 74 on average8/200
[EU] WizzRust 1x Solo/Duo | Noob Friendly | Wiped 22/10EU · duo · 1x · monthly · 50 on average13/100
[EU] TideRust - Solo/Duo | Monthly |No BP Wipes 10/22 22.10EU · duo · monthly · 17 on average7/200
RustForNoobs.com | Solo/Duo | Monthly EUEU · duo · monthly · 7 on average1/150
Rusthub.net EU | Solo/Duo | No BP Wipes | 50% Upkeep | 22.10EU · duo · monthly · 7 on average0/100
NoobTube | Monthly | Solo - Duo | 50% UpkeepEU · duo · monthly · 6 on average4/100

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Is the performance of Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland smooth?

Its average server fps over the last 48 hours was 59, with a minimum of 58. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 7,000 entities. Its highest memory usage was 1,977 MB. When fps is low and entity count climbs, players feel lag.

A.2What is the location of Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland?

There is no region published for Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 198.244.177.77:28015.

A.3How reliable is Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland, and is it currently online?

Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland is online at this time. The uptime it reports indicates a restart about 10 hours 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 version of Rust is run on Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 169545 is the version that Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland runs, on Windows. Steam updates your game for you, but you must be on the same protocol to join.

Wipe schedule

A.5On what cycle does Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland wipe?

The only wipe for Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland is the monthly force wipe. This server's next wipe coincides with the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, which affects all Rust servers. 34 days 17 hours have passed since the current world was generated. A monthly wipe schedule is stated in the server's tags.

A.6What happens on Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland when wipe day arrives?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 2 players. The crowd reached its maximum 7 hours after the latest wipe. The crowd stayed above half its peak until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. If not, the population dropped below half by day 2.

Population

A.7What is the rank of Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland among Rust servers?

The seven-day player-hours ranking puts Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland at #6,435, within the top 29% of ranked servers. The duo group places it at #285.

A.8At what level does Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland operate in terms of players?

Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland is currently host to 0 players. Averaged over the last seven days: 0 players; the same period peaks at 2. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 19:00 UTC, with an average of 2 players.

Tags, lists

A.9Who is responsible for running Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland?

A playrust.com hostname is published by Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland; 124 other servers we track also publish one, so the same operator most likely runs them.

A.10How should the tags on Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland be interpreted?

Tags from Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland, read by the game's server browser, are 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; gmrust (Game mode): This is survival as standard Rust plays; mp0 (Max players): 0 slots are available; ts2 (Group limit): 2 is the maximum team size; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join; cs169545 (Build): Build 169545 is the one running; ptsw (Networking): The network layer named 'sw' is in use; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month. Current players, queue and the world's creation time are among the tags as well, displayed at the top of this page.

A.11Where can Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

Duo Rust servers, group limit 2 and Official Rust servers are the Rust Statistics lists that Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland fits. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: Duo; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Boxes: Official only.

Settings and map

A.12Which settings and rules are in force on Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland?

The name of Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland states no gather rate. The group limit is 2 players, under duo. survival is the game mode here; gathering, building and raiding, as the game is usually played. Combat and raiding against other players are allowed. The in-game Official tab lists it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.

A.13What is the map for Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland?

Generated by the game from seed 57, the procedural map on Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland measures 1,024. Because size and seed determine the map, RustMaps can show it, linked from this page. The name of the map is CraggyIsland.

Connection

A.14How do you connect to Facepunch Staging CraggyIsland?

Enter client.connect 198.244.177.77:28015 in the Rust console, reached by pressing F1 after starting the game. Or press Launch Rust and join here, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp0,ptsw,$r?,v2635,^m,gmrust,cs169545,ts2.

Table 8: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
On Rust Statistics
officialRun 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
gmrustGame mode. This is survival as standard Rust plays.
mp0Max players. 0 slots are available.
ts2Group limit. 2 is the maximum team size.
v2635Protocol. The game protocol is 2635; your client must match it to join.
cs169545Build. Build 169545 is the one running.
ptswNetworking. The network layer named 'sw' is in use.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^mMonthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.

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 development test server owned and operated by Facepunch. Testing may interrupt gameplay and progress could be lost at any time. 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. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. Servers with a group limit of 2. ruststatistics.org/top-duo-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. Official Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Upcoming Rust wipes. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.