Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k

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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k, reached at 198.244.177.77:28022. At the last check it held 0 of 500 places, against a seven-day mean of 0 and a peak of 3¹. It ranks #5,421 of all servers, the top 24%. It last wiped 5h ago on a published monthly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywordsofficial quad monthly wipes softcore

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1Summary statistics

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

Measure	Value	Note
Players now	0/500	0% full
In the queue	0	no queue
Seven-day mean	0	peak 3, 48 h peak 3
Rank²	#5,421	top 24%
Last wipe	5h ago	monthly schedule
Next wipe³	7d 4h	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 24% of all ranked servers, and #335 of the quad servers (top 40%). 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: fixed weekdays

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 4h. The force wipe (high confidence).

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

Measure	Value	Note
Usual gap	35 days	between real wipes
Wipe-day peak	2	players, last three wipes
Crowd held	0%	else halves by day 9

Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.

When (UTC)	In	Kind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:00	7d 4h	force wipefw
Thu 3 Dec, 19:00	35d 4h	force wipefw

Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 2, 18 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.

Wiped (UTC)	Peak	Crowd	Lasted	Before
Thu 29 Oct, 09:325h ago	–	–	running	0
Thu 24 Sep, 10:4635d ago	2	–	–	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

Map of Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k — Figure 5: The map: Procedural Map, size 3500, seed 9090123. Open on RustMaps.

Table 5: The server's published settings.

Address	`198.244.177.77:28022`
Region	–
Max players	500
Group limit	quad
Wipe schedule	monthly
Last wipe	29 Oct 2026, 09:32 UTC
Hostname	fpstagingprocgen3500.playrust.com
First seen	13 Sep 2026
Map	Procedural Map
Size	3500
Seed	9090123

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
[EU] Facepunch 1	online	170/400
[EA] Softcore 1	online	127/350
[EU East] Facepunch 4	online	110/350
[EU] Facepunch Premium 1	online	93/350
[EU East] Facepunch 5	online	60/350
[EU] Facepunch Softcore 1	online	54/400
[EU] Facepunch 6	online	47/350
[EA] Facepunch 3	online	45/350

8Similar servers

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

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

Server	Players
Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - AU SoftcoreOC · quad · monthly · 33 on average	23/150
LA VERGA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLNA · quad · monthly · 7 on average	2/80
[RU] Friendly Rust – Vanilla Softcore \| 2x2 РусскийEU · quad · monthly · 7 on average	4/100
LA ISLA DEL ABUELO / NOOB FRIENDLY / LATAM - ESP / SPANISH ONLYNA · quad · monthly · 6 on average	4/200
【玖月】原倍/萌新/无任何售卖/公益服/10.2EA · quad · monthly · 5 on average	9/200
[EU] The Rusters \| Friendly \| Low UpkeepEU · quad · monthly · 4 on average	2/100

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1Does Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k perform well?

The server fps averaged 58 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 24. Buildings, deployables and all other world objects counted together reached a maximum of 69,000 entities. The peak memory usage was 2,733 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2What is the location of Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k?

No region is published by Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k. Rust Statistics does not look up the machine's location; it shows where the server says it is. You will find it at 198.244.177.77:28022.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k?

Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k is online at this time. It last restarted around 3 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. 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 Procgen 3.5k?

The version of Rust on Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k is network protocol 2636 and build 169626, and the operating system is Windows. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe schedule

A.5What schedule does Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k follow for wipes?

The wipe rhythm of Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k is every 5 weeks on Thursday at 09:32 UTC. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. 5 hours have passed since the current world was generated. According to its tags, wipes happen once a month.

A.6What happens on Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k when wipe day arrives?

Recent wipes saw an average peak of 2 players. The crowd reached its maximum 18 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 9.

Population

A.7What is the rank of Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k among Rust servers?

Ranked by player hours across seven days, Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k holds #5,421, in the top 24% of all ranked servers. Within the quad group, its position is #335.

A.8At what level does Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k operate in terms of players?

The current population of Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k is 0, drawn from 500 slots. The peak over seven days is 3, against an average of 0. The busiest hour of the last 48 is 16:00 UTC, averaging 2 players.

Tags and filters

A.9Who is responsible for running Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k?

The same operator most likely runs Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k and 124 other servers we track, since both publish a playrust.com hostname.

A.10What do the tags associated with Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k 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; gmsoftcore (Game mode): An easier ruleset, softcore; mp500 (Max players): The slot count is 500; ts4 (Group limit): A team holds no more than 4; v2636 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2636; your client must match it to join; cs169626 (Build): The game build is 169626; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): A region code has not been set; ^m (Monthly): Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month; sc3 (Custom tag): This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin, which Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k publishes as its tags. 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 Procgen 3.5k be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

These Rust Statistics lists include Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k: Official Rust servers. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: No plugins at all; Game mode: Softcore; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 24 hours; Boxes: Official only.

Settings and map

A.12Which settings and rules are in force on Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k?

The name of Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k states no gather rate. quad sets the team size at 4 players. Listed as softcore, the game mode is Part of your loot is kept: that is the easier mode Facepunch provides. Players may raid and fight one another. It appears under Official in the game's server list. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.13On which map does Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k take place?

The game generates Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k's procedural map at size 3,500, from seed 9090123. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps.

Connection

A.14What is the process for joining Facepunch Staging Procgen 3.5k?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 198.244.177.77:28022. 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 mp500,ptrak,$r?,v2636,^m,gmsoftcore,cs169626,sc3,ts4.

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
`gmsoftcore`	Game mode. An easier ruleset, softcore.
`mp500`	Max players. The slot count is 500.
`ts4`	Group limit. A team holds no more than 4.
`v2636`	Protocol. The game protocol is 2636; your client must match it to join.
`cs169626`	Build. The game build is 169626.
`ptrak`	Networking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
`$r?`	Region code. A region code has not been set.
Wipe schedule
`^m`	Monthly. Facepunch's force wipe sets the schedule: wipes take place once a month.
Other
`sc3`	Custom tag. This is not a standard Rust tag: it was set by the owner or by a plugin.

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]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
[2]Rust Statistics. Official Rust servers. ruststatistics.org/top-official-rust-servers.
[3]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.